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CODE 

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City  of  Columbus, 


1914. 


INCLUDING  THE  CHARTER  AS  AMENDED, 
RULES  OF  COUNCIL,  AND  LAWS  AND 
ORDINANCES  TO  JULY  1, 

1914. 


REVISED  AND  COMPILED  BY 
G.  H.  HOWARD,  Attorney  at  Law, 
COLUMBUS,  GEORGIA. 


GILBERT  PRINTING  CO„ 
Columbus,  Georgia. 

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M.  M.  Moore, 

Clerk. 

John  S.  Matthews, 
Treasurer. 

George  J.  Burrus, 
Marshal. 

W.  C.  Campbell, 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

H.  K.  Puckett, 

Sanitary  Inspector. 

J.  Tom  Moore, 

Chief  of  Police. 

Frank  D.  Foley, 
Recorder. 

I.  F.  Pearce, 

Chief  of  Fire  Department. 

J.  T.  Moncrieff, 

Health  Officer. 

T.  T.  Miller, 

City  Attorney. 

Dr.  M.  H.  Blandford, 

City  Physician. 

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CONTENTS 


ARTICLE  I.  Page. 

Charter,  Embracing  Amendments — Chapter  1 7-65 

ARTICLE  II. 

City  Officials — Their  Powers  and  Duties — Police  District 

— Chapters  2 to  24,  inclusive 69-104 

ARTICLE  III. 

Elections — Rules  Governing — Chapters  25  to  28,  in- 
clusive   107-113 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  Public  Revenue — Taxation — Special  Taxes — The 

Public  Debt — Chapters  29  to  35,  inclusive 117-148 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  Public  Safety — Buildings — Fire  Regulations — Chap- 
ters 36  to  40,  inclusive 151-189 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  Public  Health — Chapters  41  to  50,  inclusive 193-230 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Streets  and  Sidewalks — Chapters  51  to  59,  inclusive 233-252 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Public  Institutions — Public  Property — Cemeteries — Pub- 
lic Schools — Chapters  60  to  63,  inclusive 255-261 

ARTICLE  IX. 

Private  Property — Public  Regulations — Chapters  64  to  69, 

inclusive  265-280 


ARTICLE  X.  Page. 

Recorder’s  Court — Jurisdiction  and  Powers — Chapters  70 

to  71,  inclusive 283-286 

ARTICLE  XI. 

The  Criminal  Code — Chapters  72  to  77,  inclusive 289-348 

ARTICLE  XII. 

Rules  of  Council — Enactment  of  Laws — Chapters  78  to 

79,  inclusive  251-253 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

Adopting  Ordinance 357 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

Laws  Relating  to  the  Commons — Chapter  80 361-370 


ARTICLE  XV. 


General  Index 


371-449 


ARTICLE  I 


CHARTER  OF  THE  CITY  OF  COLUMBUS  AND 
AMENDMENTS  THERETO. 


CHAPTER  1. 

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AN  ACT 

To  create  a New  Charter  for  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  to 
consolidate  and  declare  the  rights  and  powers  of  said  corpora- 
tion, and  for  other  purposes. 

SECTION  1. — Corporate  Name.  General  Powers.  Restric- 
tions. (Acts  of  1890-’91,  p.  489.) — Be  it  enacted  by  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
authority  of  the  same , That  the  City  of  Columbus  (heretofore 
made  a body  politic  and  corporate,  by  the  Acts  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  Georgia  under  the  name  of  the  Mayor  and  Council 
of  the  City  of  Columbus)  shall  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this 
Act,  have  and  be  known  by  the  corporate  name  of  "The  City  of 
Columbus;”  that  by  such  corporate  name,  it  may  sue  and  be 
sued;  have  and  use  a corporate  seal;  make  and  enact,  through  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  Ordinances,  Resolutions,  Rules 
and  Regulations  for  the  transaction  of  its  business,  and  the 
proper  government  of  the  city,  which  shall  be  consistent  with 
the  laws  of  Georgia  and  of  the  United  States;  the  said  corpora- 
tion, through  its  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  shall  have 
special  powers  in  its  corporate  capacity  to  make  all  contracts 
which  they  may  deem  necessary  for  the  welfare  of  the  city,  or 
its  citizens;  to  assess  values  of  property;  levy  and  collect  taxes 
thereon;  to  remove  nuisances;  they  shall  have  full  control  and 
power  over  the  streets,  lanes  and  alleys  of  the  city,  and  to 
remove  obstructions  therefrom,  as  is  generally  exercised  by 


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and  granted  to  municipal  corporations,  and  shall  in  general  have 
all  the  powers  incident  to  corporations  under  the  laws  of  this 
state,  and  in  addition  thereto,  all  other  powers  which  are 
necessary  and  proper  to  make,  regulate,  maintain  and  preserve 
a proper  and  legal  government  for  said  city;  but  the  Mayor  and 
Council  shall  have  no  right  or  authority  to  alter  the  plan  of  said 
city;  nor  to  shut  up  streets,  nor  to  permit  any  building  to  be 
erected  in  said  streets,  nor  any  obstruction  to  be  placed  therein 
except  as  provided  by  the  laws  of  the  state,  nor  shall  the  said 
city  become  a stockholder  in  any  company,  corporation  or 
association,  or  appropriate  money  for,  or  loan  its  credit  to  any 
corporation,  company,  association,  institution  or  individual, 
except  for  purely  charitable  purposes  and  for  public  schools. 

SEC.  2. — Corporate  Limits.  How  Extended.  Election  to 
Extend.  How  Held. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid , That  the  corporate  limits  of  the  “City  of  Columbus” 
shall  embrace  all  the  territory  set  forth  and  described  in  the 
following  Acts  and  as  set  forth  and  for  the  purposes  therein 
named.  An  Act,  entitled  an  Act  to  lay  out  a trading  town  and 
to  dispose  of  all  the  lands  reserved  for  the  use  of  the  State 
near  the  Coweta  Falls,  on  the  Chattahoochee  river,  and  to  name 
the  same,  assented  to  December  24,  1827,  and  marked  on  the 
general  plan  of  the  town  made  by  Commissioners  of  the  State 
of  Georgia  in  pursuance  of  said  Act.  (This  act  provides  in 
substance,  that  the  Commissioners  appointed  for  that  purpose 
shall  lay  out  a square  or  an  oblong  square  fronting  the  Chatta- 
hoochee river  of  1,200  acres,  as  a reservation  for  the  common 
and  town  of  Columbus,  within  which  square  they  shall  lay  out 
not  less  than  500  building  lots  of  half  an  acre  each,  with  an 
appropriate  number  of  streets,  alleys  and  a suitable  number  of 
reserved  squares  for  public  buildings,  etc.;  secondly,  one  square 
within  the  town  and  common  reserve  of  ten  acres  shall  be  laid 
out  and  appropriated  to  and  for  the  use  of  the  county  of 
Muscogee,  as  a site  for  their  public  buildings,  with  the  privilege 
of  selling  so  much  of  the  said  ten  acres  as  the  Commissioners  of 
the  court  house  and  jail  of  said  county  may  deem  proper  to  aid 
them  in  building  a court  house  and  jail.)  (Acts  of  December  24, 
1827.) 


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An  Act  entitled  an  Act  amendatory  of  an  Act  entitled  an  Act 
to  incorporate  the  town  of  Columbus  in  the  County  of  Muscogee 
and  to  provide  for  the  election  of  Intendant  and  Commissioners 
of  the  same,  and  for  other  purposes  therein  contained,  assented 
to  December  24,  1836.  (This  act  provided  for  the  extension  of 
the  corporate  limits  to  the  boundary  line  dividing  the  States  of 
Georgia  and  Alabama  on  the  western  bank  of  the  Chattahoochee 
river  and  provided  that  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  city  should 
thereafter  exercise  jurisdiction  to  the  full  extent  of  said  bound- 
ary line,  and  enforce  all  ordinances  passed  in  obedience  to  its 
corporate  powers,  and  punish  all  offenders  for  violation  thereof.) 
(Act  of  December  24,  1836). 

An  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  provide  for  the  extension  of  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  in  the  County  of 
Muscogee,  approved  September  2,  1887. 

This  Act  provided  for  the  extension  of  the  corporate  limits, 
if  ratified  by  an  election  (which  was  duly  held  and  carried) 
so  as  to  include  the  territory  adjoining  the  city  on  the  north, 
lying  within  the  following  boundaries:  Beginning  at  the  north- 

west corner  of  the  then  limits  where  the  northern  boundary 
of  the  city  intersected  the  state  line  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Chattahoochee  river,  then  running  due  east  along  the  northern 
boundary  to  the  northeast  corner  of  the  (then)  city  limits, 
thence  still  due  east  one  mile  from  the  original  starting  point, 
thence  due  north  one  mile,  thence  due  west  to  the  west  bank 
of  the  Chattahoochee  river  to  a point  on  the  state  line,  thence 
south  along  said  west  state  line  to  the  starting  point.  (Act  of 
September  2,  1887.) 

An  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  extend  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  in  the  County  of  Muscogee,  and  for  other 
purposes.  Approved  November  14,  1888.  By  this  Act,  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city  were  extended  for  police  purposes  only. 
(See  Act  of  November  14,  1888.)  By  the  later  Act  (See  Act  of 
November  11,  1889)  this  same  territory  was  included  in  the 
extension  in  the  corporate  limits  for  all  purposes,  the  last 
mentioned  Act  providing  as  follows: 

Whereas,  The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  did 
pass  an  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  extend  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
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City  of  Columbus,  in  the  County  of  Muscogee,  and  for  other 
purposes,  approved  November  14,  1888,  and  by  the  first  section  of 
said  Act  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  were 
extended  for  police  purposes  so  as  to  include  the  following 
territory  within  the  following  limits,  to-wit:  “Commencing  on 

the  eastern  side  of  the  present  city  limits  so  that  the  north  line 
of  the  Coweta  Reserve  shall  be  the  north  line  of  said  extension, 
and  the  east  line  of  lot  No.  74  in  said  Coweta  Reserve  shall  be 
the  east  line  of  said  extension,  and  the  south  line  of  said  exten- 
sion shall  be  the  road  known  as  the  Middle  Road,  which  runs 
west  from  the  old  Female  Academy  to  the  present  city  Cemetery, 
and  the  west  line  of  said  extension  shall  be  the  present  east  line 
of  said  City  of  Columbus;  and 

Whereas,  said  extension  of  said  city  limits  has  nearly  all  of 
the  benefits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  and  none  of  its  burdens; 
therefore,  be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State 
of  Georgia , and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  authority  of  the 
same , That  section  first  of  the  above  recited  Act  be  amended  by 
adding  to  the  end  thereof  the  following  proviso:  Provided , 
nevertheless , that  full  power  and  authority  is  hereby  con- 
ferred on  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
from  time  to  time,  as  they  may  see  fit,  to  declare  by 
resolution  that  so  much  of  the  territory  named  in  the  aforesaid 
first  section  of  said  Act  as  they  may  deem  proper  shall  be  a 
part  of  said  City  of  Columbus  for  all  purposes  and  subject  to 
municipal  taxation  by  said  City  of  Columbus. 

Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid , That  said 
resolution  or  resolutions  shall  become  of  full  force  and  effect 
one  year  after  the  passage  of  the  same  by  the  City  Council  of 
Columbus,  and  so  much  of  said  territory  above  described  as 
shall  be  included  in  said  resolution  or  resolutions  aforesaid, 
shall  then  become  a part  of  said  City  of  Columbus  not  only  for 
police  purposes,  but  for  all  purposes  whatsoever,  and  subject 
to  municipal  taxation  by  said  City  of  Columbus;  Provided , 
however,  that  previous  to  passage  of  said  resolution  or  resolu- 
tions the  same  shall  be  published  in  full,  once  a week  for  five 
weeks,  in  one  or  more  daily  newspapers  published  in  the  City 
of  Columbus;  and , provided  further , that  upon  the  passage  of 


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said  resolution  or  resolutions  a majority  of  all  members  elected 
to  said  City  Council  shall  have  voted  in  its  favor. 

An  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  define  the  boundaries  of  that  part 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  commonly  known  as  Rose  Hill  Annex; 
which  provides  that  said  boundaries  shall  be  fixed  and  estab- 
lished as  follows:  The  present  north  line  of  said  Annex,  which 

is  the  north  line  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  shall  extend  due 
east  until  it  intersects  a line  which  shall  be  the  prolongation  of 
what  is  now  known  as  the  east  side  of  Twelfth  Avenue,  which 
said  east  side  of  Twelfth  Avenue  shall  be  the  east  line  of  said 
Annex  of  said  City  of  Columbus  and  the  south  line  of  said  Annex 
shall  be  the  original  north  line  of  said  City  of  Columbus,  and 
what  is  known  as  Cemetery  Street,  to  a point  where  said 
Cemetery  Street  intersects  said  Twelfth  Avenue.  (Approved 
July  26,  1889.) 

An  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  extend  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  in  the  County  of  Muscogee  so  as  to  embrace 
and  include  all  that  tract  or  parcel  of  land  recently  purchased 
by  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus  from  Andrew 
H.  and  Albert  W.  Shepherd  containing  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres,  more  or  less,  and  for  other  purposes.  (Approved  Novem- 
ber 13,  1889).  Said  extension  is  included  within  the  following 
boundaries:  “Beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  the  tract  of 

land  owned  by  Mary  Freeman,  on  the  East  boundary  line  of 
Tenth  Avenue,  thence  north  two  degrees  and  forty-five  minutes, 
west  twelve  hundred  and  fifty-five  feet  along  and  with  the  east 
boundary  line  of  said  Tenth  Avenue,  thence  north  eighty-eight 
degrees  and  thirty  minutes,  east  sixteen  hundred  feet  to  a lane 
thirty  feet  wide,  thence  south  two  degrees  and  forty-five  minutes, 
east  six  hundred  and  ninety-two  feet,  thence  north  eighty-seven 
degrees  and  fifteen  minutes,  east  with  the  south  boundary  line 
of  said  lane  twenty-one  hundred  feet,  to  within  thirty  feet  of 
what  is  known  as  the  city  drain  or  creek,  thence  south  fifteen 
degrees  and  thirty  minutes,  west  twenty-seven  hundred  and 
ninety  feet  more  or  less  to  the  Chattahoochee  river,  thence  in  a 
northwesterly  direction  with  the  meanderings  of  said  river, 
sixteen  hundred  and  fifty-four  feet,  to  Mary  Freeman’s  southeast 
boundary  line,  thence  north  fifty-eight  degrees  and  twenty 


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minutes,  west  ninety  hundred  and  four  feet  along  the  north 
boundary  line  of  Mary  Freeman’s  land  to  the  place  of  beginning 
and  containing  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land,  more  or  less; 
that  the  same  be,  and  is  hereby  made  a part  of  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus for  all  purposes.”  (Approved  November  13,  1889.) 

When  at  any  time  it  is  desired  that  territory  now  lying  outside 
of  the  present  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  be 
incorporated  within  and  become  a part  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
then  on  a petition  of  twenty-five  persons  residing  within  the 
territory  desired  to  be  annexed,  addressed  to  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen,  and  clearly  defining  and  marking  the  limits  and 
boundaries  of  the  territory  proposed  to  be  added,  and  stating 
the  desire  that  said  territory  should  become  a part  of  the  city, 
the  same  shall  be  considered  by  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aider- 
men  and  if  in  the  judgment  of  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  it  is 
not  expedient  to  add  such  territory,  then  they  may  declare  the 
same,  but  if  in  the  judgment  of  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Alder- 
Aldermen,  or  a majority  of  them,  the  addition  is  one  which  is 
expedient  to  be  made,  then  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
shall  order  an  election  to  be  held  at  some  convenient  place 
within  the  territory  so  desired  to  be  annexed,  at  which  all 
persons  residing  within  the  limits  of  the  territory  so  desired  to 
be  annexed,  who  are  qualified  to  vote  for  members  of  the 
General  Assembly,  may  vote  either  “For  Annexation”  or  “Against 
Annexation,”  and  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  at 
the  same  time  also  order  an  election  to  be  held  in  said  city  on  the 
question  of  annexation  of  said  territory,  at  which  all  the  quali- 
fied voters  of  said  city  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  either  for 
annexation  or  against  annexation,  and  if  a majority  both  in  the 
city  and  proposed  territory  vote  “For  Annexation”  then  the 
territory  described  in  said  petition  shall  be  and  become  a part 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  under  the  jurisdiction  of  all  laws 
and  ordinances  governing  the  City  of  Columbus.  This  section 
shall  be  held  as  cumulative  only  of  the  manner  of  extending 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  city. 

SEC.  3. — Police  District  Defined.  Liquor  Licenses  in  Police 
District.  (Acts  of  1902,  p.  377.) — An  Act  to  amend  the  charter  of 
Columbus,  approved  December  2,  1902,  provides  that:  The 


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municipal  government  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  and 
exercise  a limited  power  and  authority  for  police  purposes,  over 
all  that  territory  which  lies  within  the  State  of  Georgia  and 
within  three  miles  in  a straight  line  from  the  present  corporate 
limits  of  said  City  of  Columbus,  and  said  territory  shall  here- 
after be  known  as  the  police  district  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  in 
the  exercise  of  the  power  and  authority  in  this  act  conferred, 
shall  have  the  sole  and  exclusive  right  to  regulate  the  sale  of 
spirituous,  vinous  and  malt  liquors  within  said  police  district 
and  to  grant  or  refuse  a license  therefor  and  they  may  put 
such  terms,  restrictions  and  conditions  on  the  sale  of  such  liquor 
as  they  may  deem  proper,  but  in  no  case  shall  a license 
be  granted  within  said  district  for  a less  term  than  one  year, 
and  if  any  license  is  granted  within  said  district  the 
fees  thereof  shall  never  be  less  than  the  amount  of  the  license 
fee  within  the  corporate  limits  proper  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 
All  such  fees  shall  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  similar 
fees  are  collected  in  the  City  of  Columbus  and  paid  into  the  City 
Treasury. 

SEC.  4. — Jurisdiction  in  Police  District. — That  all  laws  and 
ordinances  in  force  in  said  City  of  Columbus  in  reference  to 
crimes  and  misdemeanors  against  the  persons  of  citizens  or 
individuals,  against  the  public  peace  and  tranquility,  against  the 
public  morality  and  health,  and  offenses  committed  by  cheats 
and  swindlers,  and  offenses  against  public  trade,  against 
fraudulent  or  malicious  mischief,  shall  be  in  force  within  the 
territory  comprising  the  said  police  district  in  the  same  manner 
and  to  the  same  extent  as  they  are  in  force  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  said  city;  and  for. the  purpose  of  preventing  the  com- 
mission of  any  and  all  of  said  offenses,  and  suppressing  the 
same,  and  in  order  to  apprehend  violators  of  said  laws,  juris- 
diction is  hereby  given  to  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
said  City  of  Columbus  over  the  entire  territory  embraced  in 
said  police  district,  and  they  shall  have  the  power  and  authority 
to  enforce  said  laws  and  ordinances  by  the  marshal  and  police 
force  of  said  City  of  Columbus,  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the 


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same  extent  as  if  the  violation  of  said  laws  and  ordinances  had 
occurred  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

SEC.  5. — Recorder’s  Jurisdiction  in  Police  District.  Fines 
from  Police  District. — That  the  Mayor’s  or  Recorder’s  Court  of 
the  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  jurisdiction  over,  and  the  power 
and  authority  to  try  and  punish  all  persons  charged  with  a 
violation  of  any  and  all  laws  and  ordinances,  which  by  the  terms 
of  this  Act  are  conferred  upon  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  in  and  over  the  territory  comprising 
said  police  district,  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent 
as  if  such  violation  occurred  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
said  City  of  Columbus;  and  in  case  of  a conviction  in  said 
Mayor’s  or  Recorder’s  Court  for  a violation  of  any  of  said  laws 
and  ordinances  in  said  police  district,  such  Mayor  or  other 
person  legally  presiding  over  said  court  shall  impose  upon  the 
person  or  persons  convicted,  such  fine  or  imprisonment  as  could 
be  imposed  had  such  offense  been  committed  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus;  and  all  fines  that  shall 
be  imposed  and  collected  on  account  of  any  violation  of  any  such 
laws  or  ordinances  in  force  in  said  police  district  shall  go  to  the 
Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  for  the  use  of  said  city. 

SEC.  6. — Police  System  in  Police  District. — Be  it  further 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  this  Act  shall  not  be  so 
construed  as  to  create  any  obligation  upon  the  City  of  Columbus 
to  establish  and  maintain  in  said  territory  comprising  said 
police  district  any  police  system,  but  said  City  of  Columbus 
shall  have  the  right  and  power  to  do  so,  which  right  said  city 
may  exercise  or  not,  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  municipal  authori- 
ties the  best  interest  of  the  City  of  Columbus  may  require. 

SEC.  7. — Part  of  City  Only  as  Police  District. — Be  it  further 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid ,.  That  for  the  purpose  set 
forth  in  this  act  only  shall  such  police  district  be  held  or  deemed 
to  be  a part  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  nor  shall  said  city 
exercise  in  and  over  said  police  district  and  any  power  or 
authority  other  than  as  herein  expressly  conferred. 

(The  above  supersedes  similar  provisions  in  Charter  of  1890-1 
and  amendment  contained  in  Act  approved  November  14,  1888, 
which  see.) 


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SEC.  8. — City  Wards  Defined.  May  Change  Lines.  New 
Territory  May  be  Added  to  Old  Wards  or  New  Wards  Created. — 
Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid , That  the  City 
of  Columbus  shall  be  laid  off  and  divided  into  wards,  as  follows: 

The  First  Ward — Shall  embrace  all  that  part  of  said  City  of 
Columbus  (including  the  north  commons)  lying  north  of  Four- 
teenth Street  and  south  of  Seventeenth  Street. 

The  Second  Ward — Shall  include  all  that  part  of  said 
city  and  commons  lying  south  of  Fourteenth  Street  and  north  of 
Twelfth  Street. 

The  Third  Ward — Shall  include  all  that  part  of  said  city 
and  commons  lying  south  of  Twelfth  Street  and  north  of 
Eleventh  Street. 

The  Fourth  Ward — Shall  embrace  all  that  part  of  said  city 
and  commons  lying  south  of  Eleventh  Street  and  north  of 
Ninth  Street. 

The  Fifth  Ward — Shall  include  all  that  part  of  said  city 
of  Columbus  and  the  commons  thereof  lying  south  of  Ninth 
Street  and  north  of  Eighth  Street. 

The  Sixth  Ward — Shall  include  all  that  portion  of  said 
City  of  Columbus  and  commons  thereof  lying  south  of  Seventh 
Street. 

The  Seventh  Ward — All  of  the  land  and  territory  annexes 
to  and  now  constituting  a part  of  the  City  of  Columbus  lying 
north  of  Seventeenth  Street,  extending  from  the  center  of  what 
is  known  as  the  Hamilton  and  Columbus  public  road,  to  the 
west  boundary  of  said  annexed  territory,  shall  be  known  and 
defined  as  the  Seventh  Ward. 

The  Eighth  Ward — And  all  of  said  territory  extending 
from  the  center  of  said  road  to  the  east  boundary  of  said  annexed 
territory  which  is  a line,  which  is  a prolongation  of  what  is  now 
known  as  the  east  side  of  Twelfth  Avenue,  and  which  lies  north 
of  the  old  City  Cemetery  and  Linwood  Drive,  formerly  known  as 
Cemetery  Street,  shall  be  known  and  defined  as  the  Eighth  Ward 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  but  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  have  the  right  and  power  by  Ordinance 
to  make  new  divisions  of  the  territory  of  the  city  into  wards, 
and  change  those  established  by  this  Act,*  and  increase  number  of 


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same.  And  when  any  new  territory  shall  be  added  to  said  city, 
the  same  shall,  as  early  as  practicable,  be  constituted  a new 
ward  or  wards,  or  may  be  added  to  and  become  parts  of  old 
wards. 

SEC.  9. — Mayor  and  Aldermen.  Terms.  Qualifications.  Salaries. 
(Act  of  1907,  p.  523.) — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid , That  the  municipal  government  of  said  City  of  Colum- 
bus, shall  be  vested  in  a Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  consist- 
ing of  two  members  from  each  ward  in  said  city  and  the  term  of 
office  of  each,  the  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  shall  be  two  years, 
and  until  his  (or  their)  successors  shall  have  been  chosen  and 
qualified,  and  the  term  of  the  Aldermen  shall  be  so  arranged 
that  one  Alderman  from  each  ward  shall  be  chosen  annually. 
Any  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  Mayor  who  shall 
have  resided  in  the  City  of  Columbus  for  two  years  immediately 
preceding  his  election,  and  shall  be  qualified  to  vote  for  mem- 
bers of  the  General  Assembly  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  and 
for  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  as  prescribed  in  this  Act. 
Any  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  Alderman  who  shall 
have  resided  in  the  City  of  Columbus  for  one  year  immediately 
preceding  his  election,  shall  be  a bona  fide  resident  of  the  ward 
from  which  he  is  chosen,  and  shall  be  qualified  to  vote  for  mem- 
bers of  the  General  Assembly  under  the  laws  of  this  State  and 
for  Aldermen  in  said  city.  The  office  of  any  Alderman  shall 
become  vacant  upon  the  removal  or  change  of  residence  of  any 
Alderman  from  the  ward  from  which  he  was  chosen.  The 
Mayor  shall  have  an  adequate  salary  per  annum,  to  be  fixed  by 
the  Board  of  Aldermen,  which  shall  not  be  increased  nor  dimin- 
ished during  his  term  of  office.  After  the  15th  day  of  December, 
1907,  the  Aldermen  of  the  said  city  shall  be  paid  a salary  to  be 
fixed  by  the  Mayor  and  the  Board  of  Aldermen  at  the  same  time 
the  salary  of  the  Mayor  is  fixed,  but  the  amount  of  salary  to  be 
paid  each  Alderman  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  per  annum. 

SEC.  10. — Elections.  Voters.  Qualifications. — Be  it  further 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid , That  the  election  of  said 
“Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen”  shall  be  by  a general  ticket 
system,  in  which  every  qualified  voter  residing  in  any  ward 


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shall  be  entitled  to  vote  for  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  for  each 
and  every  ward,  and  all  persons  shall  be  qualified  to  vote  at 
elections  for  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and 
for  the  Aldermen,  and  on  any  question  to  be  determined  by  the 
citizens  of  said  city,  and  for  any  other  officers  to  be  elected  for 
said  city,  who  are, 

First — Male  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and, 

Second — Who  have  resided  in  the  State  of  Georgia  twelve 
months,  and  in  the  County  of  Muscogee  six  months,  and  in  the 
City  of  Columbus  thirty  days  immediately  preceding  the  day  of 
election,  and  who  are  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  or  more  years, 
and. 

Third — Who  shall  have  paid  all  city  taxes  required  of  him 
including  city  taxes  since  the  adoption  of  the  present  Consti- 
tution of  this  State,  and  which  he  has  had  an  opportunity  of 
paying,  agreeably  to  law,  except  for  the  year  of  the  election  and, 

Fourth — Who  shall  have  been  registered  according  to  the 
provisions  of  this  Act.  No  person  shall  be  a legal  voter  to  any 
election  for  Mayor,  Aldermen  or  other  office  of  said  city,  nor 
at  any  election  to  be  hereafter  held  for  any  city  matter  or 
purpose,  unless  he  shall  be  qualified,  as  prescribed  by  this 
section. 

SEC.  11. — Elections.  Time  of  Holding.  How  Determined. 
Where  Held. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaidy 
That  the  regular  election  for  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall  be  held 
on  the  second  Saturday  in  December;  that  the  first  election 
under  this  Act  shall  be  on  that  day,  in  the  year  1890,  to  fill  full 
terms  of  two  years  of  the  Aldermen — one  from  each  ward  whose 
terms  expire  at  that  time  under  the  laws  now  existing  for  said 
city.  The  next  election  shall  be  on  the  second  Saturday  of 
December,  1891,  for  Mayor  and  Aldermen — one  from  each  ward 
— for  full  terms  of  two  years,  in  the  place  of  the  present  Mayor 
and  Aldermen,  whose  terms  will  expire  on  that  day.  And  also 
an  election  shall  be  held  on  said  day  in  each  year  to  elect  succes- 
sors to  the  Mayor  and  one  Alderman  from  each  ward,  when  a 
Mayor  is  to  be  elected.  And  if  no  Mayor  is  then  to  be  elected, 
then  one  Alderman  from  each  ward  as  their  respective  terms 
of  office  shall  expire,  the  Mayor  being  chosen  once  in  every  two 


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years.  In  every  such  election,  the  name  of  the  person  voted  for 
as  Alderman  must  appear,  and  also  the  number  of  the  ward 
which  it  is  desired  that  he  represent,  and  in  which  he  shall 
reside,  and  the  person  duly  qualified  who  receives  the  highest 
number  of  votes  at  such  election  for  Mayor  shall  be  elected,  and 
the  person  duly  qualified  to  serve  who  receives  the  highest 
number  of  votes  as  Alderman,  for  a particular  ward,  shall  be 
elected  Alderman  for  that  ward  and  be  so  declared.  All  elec- 
tions for  Mayor  and  Aldermen  and  elections  on  any  question 
submitted  to  the  voters  of  the  city  shall  be  held  at  the  Court 
House  and  at  such  places  as  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be 
established  by  law,  or  the  ordinances  or  resolutions  of  such 
city.  The  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall  have  full  power  and 
authority  to  establish  as  many  polling  places  as  they  may 
deem  necessary. 

SEC.  12. — Mayor  Must  Qualify.  When.  Oath  of.  Oath  of 
Aldermen. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid , 
That  within  three  days  after  his  election,  unless  providentially 
hindered,  the  Mayor  shall  before  the  retiring  Mayor,  or  before 
some  officer  of  the  State  or  County  who  is  authorized  to  admin- 
ister an  oath,  take  and  subscribe  to  the  following  oath,  or  he 
may  affirm  thereto:  “I  (name)  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm) 

that  I am  duly  qualified  under  the  laws  of  this  state  to  serve 
as  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Columbus;  that  I verily  believe  myself  to 
have  been  elected  to  said  office;  that  to  the  best  of  my  ability 
I will  promote  and  protect  the  interest  of  said  city,  observe  and 
execute  the  laws  of  the  State  and  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  so  help  me  God.”  And  each  Alderman,  before  enter- 
ing upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties  shall  also  take  and  subscribe 
to  the  following  oath:  “I  (name)  do  solemnly  swear  that  as 

Alderman  of  the  City  of  Columbus  I will  impartially  and  to  the 
best  of  my  ability,  promote  the  interest  and  prosperity  of  said 
city  and  all  the  inhabitants  thereof,  without  fear,  favor  or 
affection,  so  help  me  God,”  which  oath  shall  be  taken  before 
and  in  the  presence  of  the  Mayor,  and  in  case  of  his  absence  or 
disability,  before  any  officer  authorized  to  administer  an  oath. 

SEC.  13. — Additional  Officers.  Elections.  Time  of  Holding. 
Salaries.  Authority  to  Fix.  Vacancies.  May  be  Removed. 


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Consolidation.  (Acts  1905,  p.  758.  Supersedes  Act  1904-447 
which  see.) — “That  additional  officers  of  the  government  of 
said  city  shall  be  a Clerk  of  Council,  City  Attorney,  City  Treas- 
urer, Clerk  of  Market,  Marshal,  Chief  of  Police,  City  Sexton, 
Sanitary  Inspector,  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  City 
Engineer,  and  such  other  officers,  agents  and  employees  as  may 
be  provided  in  this  act,  or  as  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
may  deem  necessary,  and  the  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall 
prescribe  the  duties  and  fix  the  salaries  of  all  such  officers,  but 
none  of  such  officers  shall  have  or  receive  any  fees,  perquisites 
or  costs;  the  compensation  of  each  shall  be  by  fixed  salaries. 
All  of  said  officers  named,  as  well  as  all  other  officers  of  the  city 
government  (except  the  Chief  of  Police,  who  shall  be  elected  by 
the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners,  as  now  provided  by  law), 
shall  be  elected  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said  city,  each  of 
said  Aldermen  having  one  vote,  and  a majority  of  the  whole 
Board  shall  be  required  to  elect,  the  Mayor  having  a vote  only  in 
case  of  a tie.  The  terms  of  all  and  each  of  said  officers  shall 
be  two  years,  and  they  shall  take  such  an  oath  and  give  such 
bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  respective  duties 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 
The  first  election  of  all  such  officers  shall  be  held  at  the  first 
regular  meeting  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  in  July,  1904;  and 
after  such  first  election  all  subsequent  elections  for  the  officers 
named  or  referred  to  in  this  section  shall  be  held  at  the  regular 
meeting  in  July  every  two  years  thereafter,  and  they  shall  each 
enter  upon  the  discharge  of  their  respective  duties  immediately 
upon  the  adjournment  of  the  first  meeting  of  the  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen  held  after  the  second  Saturday  in  December  after 
their  election,  or  at  such  other  time  or  times  as  may  hereafter  be 
prescribed  by  ordinances  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen, 
but  the  salary  of  no  officer  of  the  city  government  shall  be  in- 
creased or  diminished  after  the  election  of  such  officer  and  during 
the  term  for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected,  and  all  such  offi- 
cers shall  hold  their  said  offices  respectively  until  their  successors 
are  duly  elected  and  qualified  unless  sooner  removed  by  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen;  and  in  case  of  a vacancy  in  any 
of  said  offices,  except  Chief  of  Police,  the  same  shall  be  filled  by 


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the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  at  any  regular  or  called  meet- 
ing. And  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall  have  power  at  any 
time  to  consolidate  any  two  or  more  of  said  offices  into  one.” 
SEC.  14. — Police  Commission.  Election  of  Commissioners. 
How  and  When.  Qualifications.  (Act  1905,  p.  763.  Supersedes 
Act  of  1893.)  (Act  of  1905,  p.  764.  Supersedes  Act  of  1893.) 
— “Said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  elect  a Board  of 
Police  Commissioners  for  said  city,  and  fill  all  vacancies  which 
may  occur  in  said  Board;  that  said  Commission  shall  consist  of 
five  persons,  who  shall  be  free  holders  and  citizens  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  entitled  by  law  to  vote  for  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of 
said  city;  that  the  term  of  office  of  each  member  of  said  Board 
after  the  first  election,  shall  be  five  years;  that  said  Board  shall 
have  an  exclusive  power  to  appoint  the  members  of  the  police 
force  of  said  city  and  elect  the  Chief  of  Police  and  Lieutenants, 
and  for  cause  to  remove  the  same  from  office,  and  shall  require 
of  said  officers  a strict  compliance  with  all  the  laws,  ordinances 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  police  of  said  city, 
and  shall  be  in  general  charge  of  said  city,  their  employment, 
and  the  supervision  and  direction  of  said  force,  and  shall  from 
time  to  time  recommend  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said 
city  the  number  of  the  police  force,  but  said  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men  shall  have  the  exclusive  power  to  designate  the  number  of 
police.  The  Commissioners  shall  keep  a record  of  their  appoint- 
ments and  removals  of  officers,  and  the  causes  for  the  latter, 
subject  to  the  inspection  at  all  times  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
The  first  election  of  members  of  the  Board  of  Police  Commis- 
sioners shall  take  place  at  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  in  January,  1894,  at  which  time 
five  members  constituting  said  Board  shall  be  elected,  their 
term  of  office  to  begin  January,  1894;  one  to  serve  until  the  first 
of  January,  1895;  another  to  serve  until  the  first  of  January, 
1896;  another  to  serve  until  the  first  of  January,  1897;  another 
to  serve  until  the  first  of  January,  1898;  and  another  to  serve 
until  the  first  of  January,  1899,  and  as  these  respective  terms  of 
office  shall  expire  a new  election  shall  be  held  at  the  regular 
meeting  in  July  of  each  year  to  fill  the  term  of  five  years  from 
the  date  of  the  expiration  of  such  term,  so  that  one  Commis- 


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sioner  shall  be  elected  in  July  of  each  year,  and  no  Commis- 
sioner shall  serve  more  than  two  consecutive  terms.  No  officer 
of  the  city  government  nor  employees  of  the  city  shall  be 
eligible  to  hold  the  office  of  Police  Commissioner.  Said  Com- 
missioners shall  have  power  to  elect  a Chairman  of  the  Police 
Commission;  provided,  that  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  interfere 
with  Marshal  and  Lieutenant  elected  for  the  year  1894. 

SEC.  15. — Chief  of  Police.  Election  of.  (Act  of  1905,  p.  764.) 
— Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid , That  the  first 
election  to  fill  the  office  of  Chief  of  Police  hereby  created  shall 
be  at  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  the  Police  Commis- 
sioners held  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  the  person  elected 
shall  enter  immediately  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  said 
office  and  the  term  of  office  for  said  first  election  shall  expire 
immediately  upon  the  adjournment  of  the  first  meeting  of  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  held  after  the  second  Saturday  in 
December,  1906;  that  the  second  election  for  such  Chief  of  Police 
shall  be  held  at  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Police 
Commissioners  in  July,  1906,  and  all  subsequent  elections  to  fill 
said  office  shall  be  at  the  regular  meeting  of  said  Board  of  Police 
Commissioners  in  July  every  two  years  thereafter,  as  prescribed 
in  section  9 of  the  new  charter  of  the  said  City  of  Columbus,  as 
amended  and  set  forth  in  Section  13  of  this  Code. 

SEC.  16. — Registration  of  Voters.  List  of  Registered  Voters. 
Must  be  Published.  Amendment  of  November  15,  1895.  Special 
Registration  Bond  Elections. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid , That  the  Clerk  of  Council  or  anyone 
appointed  in  his  place  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  for  that 
purpose,  shall  open  a list  for  the  registration  of  voters  three 
months  prior  to  the  annual  election  for  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  or 
Aldermen  as  the  case  may  be,  which  list  shall  be  kept  open  at  the 
Clerk’s  office  until  twenty  days  before  said  election  in  each 
year,  when  the  same  shall  be  closed  finally  and  absolutely; 
provided , however , that  if  any  person  within  said  twenty  days, 
who  is  otherwise  entitled  to  vote  shall  make  an  affidavit  before 
the  Clerk  that  he  was  absent  from  said  city  upon  lawful  business 
during  the  time  within  which  he  is  required  by  this  Act  to 
register  his  name,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  register  his  name  and 


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vote  at  said  election.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  Clerk 
or  other  person  or  officer,  upon  the  application  in  person  (and 
not  by  proxy)  of  any  person  entitled  to  vote  as  aforesaid,  within 
the  time  prescribed  for  the  list  to  be  kept  open,  to  register  the 
name  of  such  person,  expressing  in  said  registry,  his  name,  age, 
occupation  and  color,  and  the  ward  in  which  he  resides  in  said 
city,  which  shall  be  entered  by  the  Clerk  or  officer  on  said  list 
opposite  the  name  of  each  applicant,  with  such  other  description 
as  may  hereafter  be  prescribed  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen;  but 
no  person  shall  be  entitled  to  registry  who  has  not  continued 
to  reside  within  the  state  for  twelve  months  and  in  the  County 
of  Muscogee  six  months,  and  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  thirty  days  immediately  preceding  the  election. 
The  Clerk  or  other  officer  may  in  any  case  administer  an  oath 
to  the  applicant,  touching  his  right  to  be  registered.  That  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  or  other  officer  immediately  after 
the  closing  of  the  list  of  registered  voters,  to  arrange  an  alpha- 
betical list  of  said  registered  voters,  designating  the  ward  in 
which  they  reside  at  the  time  of  their  registry,  and  shall  within 
five  days  after  said  list  is  closed,  publish  in  the  newspaper  in 
which  the  proceedings  of  the  Council  are  published  for  the 
current  year,  or  in  hand-bill  form,  as  may  be  ordered  by  the 
Mayor  and  Aldermen,  a full  and  complete  list  of  the  registered 
names,  designating  the  number  of  the  ward  in  which  each 
person  who  has  registered  resides,  which  shall  be  distributed  in 
said  city  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
“Provided,  nevertheless,  that  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
shall  have  the  power  to  order  a special  registration  of  the 
voters  of  said  city  for  any  special  election  to  be  held  for  the 
purpose  of  passing  upon  any  proposed  issue  of  bonds;  said 
registration  to  be  held  under  the  same  rules  and  regulations  that 
govern  annual  registrations  and  at  wihch  special  election  no 
person  shall  be  allowed  to  vote  unless  he  shall  have  registered 
under  said  special  registration.” 

SEC.  17. — Managers  of  Elections  Must  be  Furnished  with  List 
of  Registered  Voters.  Oath  of  Voter.  False  Swearing.  How 
Punished.  Illegal  Voting. — Be  it  further  enacted  .by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  of 


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Council  to  furnish  to  the  managers  presiding  at  the  election  of 
Mayor  and  Aldermen,  or  Aldermen,  and  at  every  election  ordered 
by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  at  or  before 
the  opening  of  the  polls  or  places  of  voting  in  said  city,  to  be 
referred  to  by  them  in  ascertaining  the  eligibility  of  voters,  a 
complete  list  of  all  the  names,  arranged  in  alphabetical  order, 
which  shall  have  been  registered  according  to  provisions  of  this 
Act,  together  with  the  age,  occupation  or  business,  color  and 
other  such  description  as  shall  have  been  required,  and  the 
number  of  the  ward  of  their  residence  in  said  city  at  the  time 
of  registration,  of  every  person  whose  name  is  so  registered 
(being  a copy  of  last  registry)  certified  under  the  hand  of  said 
Clerk  and  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  which 
list  shall  be  kept  before  said  managers  in  the  several  places  of 
voting  during  such  election,  and  when  said  election  is  over  it 
shall  be  deposited  in  the  office  of  said  Clerk  of  Council  to  be 
kept  safely  by  him.  That  the  presiding  managers  of  said 
election  in  the  several  places  of  voting  in  said  city  shall  be 
authorized  to  administer  an  oath  as  follows,  to  any  person 
attempting  to  vote:  “You  do  solemnly  swear  that  you  are  a 

citizen  of  the  United  States;  that  you  have  resided  in  the  State* 
of  Georgia  for  twelve  months  immediately  preceding  this  elec- 
tion, and  six  months  in  the  County  of  Muscogee,  and  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  for  thirty  days  immedi- 
ately preceding  the  election,  and  that  you  do  in  good  faith  hold 
and  claim  your  residence  and  home  in  said  state  and  county  and 
city  for  the  time  aforesaid;  that  you  have  paid  all  taxes  due  by 
you  to  the  City  of  Columbus  since  the  adoption  of  the  present 
Constitution  of  this  state  and  which  you  have  had  an  opportunity 
of  paying  agreeably  to  law,  except  for  the  year  of  this  election; 
that  you  have  been  duly  registered  within  the  time  prescribed 
by  law  and  are  entitled  to  vote  at  this  election,  and  that  you 
have  not  voted  in  this  election;  so  help  you  God.”  The  tempo- 
rary absence  from  home  of  the  voter,  during  either  of  the  terms 
specified,  shall  not  be  construed  in  any  way  to  exclude  such  vote. 
Any  person  who  shall  claim  the  right  to  vote  at  a special  election, 
whose  name  is  not  registered  and  who  may  have  become  entitled 
to  vote  since  said  registry  was  made,  shall  be  required  to  swear  ' 


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to  the  oath  hereinbefore  prescribed  as  to  his  qualification  to 
vote,  omitting  that  part  of  said  oath  in  reference  to  said 
registry.  Any  person  who  shall  take  either  of  the  oaths  afore- 
said, before  any  manager  at  any  of  said  elections  for  the  purpose 
of  voting  at  said  election,  and  who  is  not  entitled  to  vote  accord- 
ing to  law,  and  the  terms  of  said  oath,  shall  be  subject  to  be 
indicted  in  the  Superior  Court  of  Muscogee  County  for  false 
swearing,  and  if  found  guilty,  shall  be  subject  to  punishment 
prescribed  in  the  Code  of  Georgia  for  said  offense.  Any  person 
or  persons  who  shall  or  may  vote  for  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  or 
Aldermen,  or  on  any  question  submitted  to  the  voters  of  said  city 
at  any  of  the  polling  places  in  said  city,  without  being  entitled  to 
vote  for  the  same,  or  who  shall  vote  for  any  of  said  officers  or  on 
such  questions,  more  than  once  at  the  same  election,  or  cast  any 
vote  which  is  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  at  any 
general  or  special  election  held  in  said  city,  shall  be  subject  to 
all  the  pains  and  penalties  of  the  laws  of  the  state  against  illegal 
voting  and  shall  and  may  be  prosecuted  for  said  offense,  or 
either  of  them,  before  the  Superior  Court  of  said  Muscogee 
County. 

SEC.  18. — Charter  as  Amended.  Managers.  Consolidation  of 
Vote.  (Acts  1897,  p.  174.) — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid.  That  in  all  elections,  as  provided  for  in  this 
act,  a separate  poll,  or  polls,  for  white  and  colored  voters,  shall 
be  opened  at  such  place  of  election,  and  shall  be  held  under 
the  superintendence  of  managers  to  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor 
and  Aldermen,  at  any  regular  or  called  meeting  who  shall  be 
either  citizens  who  are  regular  voters,  or  Justices  of  the  Peace, 
and  not  candidates  in  the  election  held.  If  the  managers 
appointed,  or  any  of  them,  decline  to  serve,  the  Mayor  shall 
appoint  others  to  fill  the  vacancies.  The  polls  shall  be  open  for 
such  a length  of  time  at  each  polling  place  as  may  be  directed 
by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen;  and  after  the  polls  shall  be  closed 
the  said  managers  of  the  elections  shall  meet  at  the  court  house, 
in  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  consolidate  the  votes  and  make 
returns  thereof  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  and  the  person 
receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  shall  be  declared  duly 
elected. 


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SEC.  19. — Mayor.  Duties  of.  Vacancy.  How  Filled.  Veto 
Power.  (Acts  1897,  p.  174.) — The  Mayor  shall  be  the  chief 
executive  officer  of  the  city,  and  besides  the  powers  and  duties 
imposed  by  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  he  shall  exercise  general 
supervision  over  the  affairs  of  the  city.  He  shall  preside  over 
all  meetings  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  in  case 
the  office  of  Mayor  of  said  city  shall  become  vacant  from  any 
cause,  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city,  at  either  a regular  or 
called  meeting  shall  order  an  election  for  Mayor  to  fill  such 
vacancy,  which  said  election  shall  be  advertised  in  a public 
gazette  of  said  City  of  Columbus  not  less  than  five  days,  and  the 
person  elected  shall  hold  his  office  until  the  next  regular  election 
for  Mayor  and  until  his  successor  has  been  elected  and  qualified, 
and  in  case  any  vacancy  should  happen  by  death,  resignation, 
removal  or  otherwise  of  any  Aldermen  for  any  or  either  said 
wards,  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  may  order 
an  election  to  fill  such  vacancy  by  advertising  the  same  at  least 
five  days  previous  to  holding  said  election,  and  the  person  so 
elected  shall  have  and  exercise  jurisdiction  in  all  cases  of  con- 
tested elections  for  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  under  such  rules  as 
they  may  prescribe,  and  finally  determine  all  contests  which 
may  be  made.  The  Mayor  shall  have  the  power  to  veto,  in 
writing,  any  ordinance  or  resolution  passed  by  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen;  provided , that  in  all  cases  where  such  veto 
power  shall  have  been  exercised,  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aider- 
men  shall  have  the  power  and  authority  to  repass  any  ordinance 
or  resolution  that  may  have  been  vetoed  over  such  veto  by  three- 
fourths  (f)  of  the  whole  Board  of  Aldermen  at  the  same  meeting 
at  which  such  ordinance  or  resolution  was  passed,  or  at  the  next 
subsequent  meeting  thereto  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen, 
to  be  taken  by  a nay  and  yea  vote;  provided,  further,  that  the 
veto  power  shall  be  exercised  at  or  before  the  next  ensuing 
regular  meeting  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  following 
the  passage  of  any  ordinance  or  resolution;  provided,  further, 
that  any  ordinance  or  resolution  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  so  vetoed  and  not  approved  by  the  Mayor,  and  which 
shall  not  thereafter  be  passed  over  such  veto  as  hereinafter 
provided  for,  shall  be  null  and  void  and  of  no  effect;  provided, 
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further , that  such  veto  power  of  the  Mayor  shall  not  apply  to 
elections  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

SEC.  20 — Subordinate  Officers.  Bond  of.  Amenable  to  Mayor 
and  Aldermen.  Removal. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may  require 
of  the  Marshal,  Treasurer,  Clerk  of  Council,  and  other  officers 
elected  by  them,  a bond,  in  such  amount  as  they  may  prescribe 
with  good  and  sufficient  security,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor 
and  Aldermen,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  and  the  officers  selected  by  them  shall,  after 
their  election  and  qualification,  be  under  the  exclusive  control 
of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  subject  to  be  removed  in 
their  discretion,  at  any  time,  by  a vote  of  a majority  of  all  mem- 
bers elected  at  any  regular  meeting,  and  no  officer  so  dismissed 
shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  during  the  time  for  which  he  was 
elected,  and  his  salary  shall  cease  with  such  removal. 

SEC.  21. — Mayor  Pro  Tern.  Powers  and  Duties  of. — Be  it 
further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen,  or  a majority  of  them  shall  have  the  right,  at 
any  regular  meeting,  to  elect  one  of  their  body  as  Mayor  pro  tem., 
who  shall,  in  case  of  any  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Mayor,  and  dur- 
ing the  absence  from  the  city  or  disability  of  the  Mayor,  exercise 
all  the  powers  and  discharge  all  the  duties  of  Mayor,  until  such 
vacancy  has  been  regularly  filled,  or  until  the  return  of  the 
Mayor  or  the  removal  of  his  disability;  and  at  any  regular  or 
called  meeting,  when  neither  the  Mayor  nor  the  Mayor  pro  tem., 
are  present,  or  when  both  of  said  officers  are  absent  from  the 
city  at  the  same  time,  the  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  designate  one 
of  their  number  to  preside  over  their  meetings,  and  discharge 
the  duties  of  Mayor  until  the  return  to  the  city  of  one  of  said 
officers. 

SEC.  22. — Particular  Powers  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen.  May 
Raise  Revenue  for  Sewers,  Water  Supply,  Streets,  Bridges, 
Light,  Salaries,  Fire  Department,  Buildings,  Law  and  Order, 
Debts,  Education,  Cemetery,  Charitable  Institutions,  Parks, 
Quarantine,  Places  of  Punishment,  Material  Improvements. 
May  Levy  and  Collect.  A Capitation  Tax.  Tax  Upon  Business, 
Trades,  Etc.  Tax  Upon  Professions.  Corporations.  Fine  for 


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Non-Compliance.  Fines,  How  Collected. — Be  it  further  enacted 
by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aider- 
men  shall  have  the  right  and  power  in  order  to  raise  the  necessary 
revenue  to  properly  carry  on  the  government  of  said  city, to  build 
sewers,  procure  water  supply,  to  make,  open,  grade  and  keep  in 
order, the  streets  and  bridges  of  said  city; to  light  the  same; to  pay 
the  salaries,  costs  and  expenses  of  the  city  officers  and  employees; 
to  establish  and  maintain  a proper  fire  department;  to  erect 
and  maintain  suitable  buildings  and  offices,  and  to  maintain  and 
furnish  all  things  needful  and  appertaining  to  the  protection  of 
life,  liberty  and  property,  the  suppression  of  crime,  the  main- 
tenance of  law  and  order,  the  payment  of  the  debts  of  the  city, 
for  educational  purposes,  for  cemetery  purposes,  for  hospitals, 
and  charitable  institutions,  for  the  care  of  the  poor,  for  estab- 
lishing necessary  squares  and  parks,  for  quarantine  purposes, 
for  caring  for  prisoners,  and  providing  means  and  places  for 
their  punishment,  and  for  all  other  purposes  as  will  tend  in 
their  discretion  to  add  to  the  comfort,  safety,  convenience,  bene- 
fit, health  and  advantage  of  said  city,  and  of  the  citizens  thereof, 
and  for  the  material  improvement  of  said  city  as  may  be 
demanded  in  their  discretion,  and  for  all  other  purposes,  in 
order  to  properly  carry  on  a city  government  as  herein  indi- 
cated, and  not  forbidden  by  law;  to  levy  and  collect  a street  or 
capitation  tax  on  all  male  residents  of  the  city,  and  also  a tax  on 
all  the  property  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  which  is 
subject  to  state  tax  under  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  this 
state,  and  upon  all  trades,  businesses,  callings,  professions, 
sales,  labor,  pursuits,  which  are  legal  subjects  of  taxation  as 
they  may  deem  expedient,  and  may  enforce  payment  of  the 
same  by  license  or  direct  tax,  in  such  manner  as  they  may 
determine  to  be  best  and  most  advantageous.  They  may  also 
impose,  assess,  levy  and  collect  taxes  on  capital  invested  in  said 
city,  on  stocks  of  corporation,  choses  in  action,  and  on  such 
incomes  and  commissions  derived  from  the  pursuit  of  any  pro- 
fession, faculty,  trade  or  calling,  banks,  insurance,  express  and 
other  corporations,  associations  and  agencies,  and  all  other 
property  and  sources  of  profit  as  are  not  expressly  prohibited 
or  exempt  by  the  laws  of  this  state  or  of  the  United  States;  but 


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all  taxation  on  property  shall  be  uniform  on  the  same  class  of 
subjects,  and  advalorem  on  all  property  subject  to  be  taxed  in 
said  city. 

Each  and  every  itinerant  trader,  irregular  or  occasional  dealer, 
his  or  their  agents  or  consignees  (save  and  except  licensed 
auctioneers  and  commission  merchants)  who  shall  neglect  or 
refuse  to  render  in  the  amount  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise 
sold  by  him,  of  them,  which  is  subject  to  be  taxed  by  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city,  immediately  after  the  sale  of  the  same,  and 
to  pay  the  tax  thereon,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars;  for  which  execution  may  issue,  directed  to  and  author- 
izing and  commanding  the  Marshal  of  said  city  to  levy  upon 
the  property  and  effects  of  said  itinerant  trader,  irregular  or 
occasional  dealer,  his  or  their  agents,  or  consignees,  so  in  default, 
which  shall  be  levied,  and  by  sale  of  said  property  by  said 
Marshal  in  the  manner  in  which  sales  of  city  taxes  are  made,  the 
tax  due,  with  all  costs,  shall  be  satisfied;  all  other  persons 
subject  to  taxation  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  render  in  his, 
her  or  their  property,  or  pay  the  tax  on  the  same  when  required 
by  the  ordinance  of  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  may  be  pro- 
ceeded against  by  execution,  in  the  same  manner  and  according 
to  such  rules  and  ordinances  as  may  be  adopted  by  said  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  to  enforce  the  collection  of  the  taxes  aforesaid. 

SEC.  23. — Jurisdiction  as  to  Wharfage.  Control  of  Shops,  Bar- 
rooms, Drays,  Hacks,  Etc.,  Vested  in  Mayor  and  Aldermen.  Tax 
on  Drovers. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid, 
That  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  are  hereby  vested  with  exclusive 
jurisdiction  to  charge  such  rates  or  wharfage  upon  goods  deliv- 
ered at  the  city  wharf,  or  upon  the  river  banks  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  said  city,  and  port  dues  upon  steamboats, 
barges  and  boxes  for  carrying  freight,  arriving  or  leaving  said 
city,  as  said  corporate  authorities  may  deem  expedient  for  the 
safety,  benefit,  convenience  and  advantage  of  said  city,  and  may 
enforce  the  payment  of  such  assessments,  duties  and  tolls  in 
such  manner  as  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  may  prescribe.  The 
said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall  have  the  control  and  regulation 
of  all  shops,  taverns,  stores,  barrooms  and  pawn-brokers  and 


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also  of  all  omnibuses,  hacks,  drays,  express  wagons  and  other 
vehicles  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city;  and  may  pass 
such  ordinances  and  enforce  the  same  by  such  penalties  as 
they  may  prescribe;  and  also  the  power  to  regulate  the  conduct 
of  peddlers  and  itinerant  traders  within  the  same  limits  by 
taxation  or  otherwise.  That  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  have  power  to  impose  a tax  not  to  exceed 
one  per  cent,  on  all  sales  made  in  said  city,  by  drovers  of  mules 
and  horses  in  said  city. 

SEC.  24 — May  Construct,  Pave  or  Otherwise  Improve  Side- 
walks, and  Assess  Costs  on  Owner  of  Real  Estate  Abutting 
Thereon. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid , 
That  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority,  in  their  discretion,  to  construct  side- 
walks in  said  city,  of  such  widths  as  they  may  see  fit,  and  pave 
the  same,  to  pave  sidewalks  already  constructed,  to  put  down 
curbing,  and  otherwise  improve  or  widen  sidewalks  now  con- 
structed, or  hereafter  constructed  in  said  city. 

That  in  order  to  carry  into  effect  the  power  delegated  in  the 
preceding  paragraph,  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall  have  full 
power  and  authority  to  assess  the  cost  of  constructing,  paving 
and  otherwise  improving  sidewalks,  including  all  necessary 
curbing,  on  the  real  estate  abutting  on  the  sidewalk  constructed, 
paved  or  otherwise  improved.  The  material  to  be  used  in  con- 
structing, paving  or  otherwise  improving  sidewalks,  and  curbing 
the  same,  the  character  of  the  improvement,  and  all  other 
similar  questions  shall  be  within  the  discretion  of  said  Mayor 
and  Aldermen,  and  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
require  all  sidewalks  to  be  made  of  the  same  material  or  im- 
proved in  the  same  manner. 

SEC.  25. — Power  Over  Streets.  Paving.  (1900,  p.  267.) — The 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall 
have  full  power  and  authority  in  their  discretion,  to  grade,  pave, 
macadamize  or  otherwise  improve,  for  travel  and  drainage,  the 
streets  and  public  lanes  and  alleys  of  said  city,  and  to  construct 
sidewalks  and  pave  the  same;  to  put  down  curbing,  material 
for  all  such  work,  and  doing  the  same  at  such  time  and  in  such 
manner,  as  in  their  discretion,  they  may  deem  best. 


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SEC.  26. — Assessments.  Paving  Between  Railroad  Tracks. 
Assessments  Against  Railroads.  (Act  1900,  p.  267.) — That  in 
order  to  fully  carry  into  effect  the  authority  above  delegated, 
said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  also  have  full  power  and 
authority  to  assess  the  cost  of  paving  and  otherwise  improving 
the  sidewalks,  in  said  city,  including  all  necessary  curbing  for 
the  same,  on  the  real  estate  abutting  on  the  street,  and  on  the 
side  of  the  street  on  which  the  sidewalk  is  so  improved.  “That 
said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  also  have  full  power 
and  authority  to  assess  one-third  of  the  cost  of  grading,  paving, 
macadamizing,  constructing  side  drains,  cross  drains,  crossings, 
or  otherwise  improving  the  roadway  or  street  proper,  or  such 
width  of  the  same  as  they  may  decide  to  grade,  pave,  macadamize 
or  otherwise  improve  on  the  real  estate  abutting  on  each  side  of 
such  street  so  paved,  macadamized  or  otherwise  improved;  that 
any  railroad  Company  now  having  or  that  may  hereafter  have, 
tracks  running  through  or  across  the  streets  of  said  city,  shall  be 
required  to  macadamize  or  otherwise  pave,  as  said  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  may  direct,  the  width  of  such  track,  and  for 
a space  of  two  feet  on  each  side  of  every  line  of  track  now  in 
use,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  constructed  by  such  company,  so 
as  to  conform  to  the  general  character  of  such  improvement 
being  done  contiguous  to  such  track;  and  said  railroad,  or  street 
railroad  company  shall  upon  direction  of  said  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen,  cause  the  grade  of  such  track  to  be  raised  or 
lowered,  so  as  to  conform  to  the  grade  of  the  proposed  improve- 
ment that  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  are  hereby  author- 
ized, in  their  discretion,  to  pave  or  contract  directly  for  the 
paving  of  the  whole  surface  of  the  street  determined  upon;  and 
to  require  any  railroad  company  having  or  using  tracks  in  such 
street  or  portion  of  such  street,  to  pay  for  the  paving  of  the 
space  therein,  which  such  company  or  companies  may  be 
required  to  pave  under  this  Act;  the  object  of  this  provision 
being  to  allow  the  city  to  pave  or  contract  for  the  paving  of  the 
whole  surface  of  the  street,  without  giving  such  railroad  com- 
pany or  street  railroad  company  the  option  of  paving  the  space 
to  be  paved  by  it,  by  itself  or  by  a contractor,  at  its  instance; 
provided , that  this  Act  shall  not  become  a law  until  the  same 


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shall  have  been  approved  by  a two-thirds  vote  of  the  Mayor 
and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus;  provided, 
farther,  that  this  Act  shall  not  become  operative  until  October 
1,  1905.”  (Approved  August  15,  1904.) 

SEC.  27. — Assessments.  How  Apportioned.  (Acts  1900,  p. 
269.) — Said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  full  power 
and  authority  to  adopt  by  ordinance  such  a system  of  equalizing 
assessments  on  real  estate  for  the  above  purpose  as  may  be  just 
and  proper,  estimating  the  total  cost  of  each  improvement  made 
and  prorating  the  cost  thereof  on  the  real  estate  according  to  its 
frontage  on  the  street  or  portion  of  a street  so  improved,  and 
also  according  to  the  special  benefit  accruing  to  said  property 
by  reason  of  such  improvement;  provided,  that  in  no  event  shall 
such  assessment  be  greater  than  25  per  cent,  of  the  assessed 
valuation  for  taxation  of  such  real  estate  after  such  improve- 
ments have  been  made;  provided,  further,  that  the  cost  of  such 
paving  or  improvement  for  such  portion  of  such  street  so  im- 
proved as  shall  front  on  cross  or  intersecting  streets  to  the  one 
being  improved  shall  be  assessed  to  and  paid  by  the  city  at  large. 

SEC.  28. — Assessments.  How  Enforced. — That  whenever  any 
such  assessments  shall  have  been  made,  it  shall  be  considered 
and  construed  to  have  been  made  according  to  the  said  special 
benefits  accruing  to  said  property,  as  well  as  according  to  the 
frontage;  and  the  amount  of  assessment  on  each  piece  of  real 
estate  shall  be  a lien  on  said  real  estate  from  the  date  of  the 
passage  of  the  ordinance  providing  for  such  work  and  making 
the  assessment.  The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city 
shall  have  authority  to  enforce  the  collection  of  any  assessment 
so  made  for  such  improvement  either  upon  the  streets  or  side- 
walks by  execution  to  be  issued  by  the  Clerk  of  Council  against 
the  real  estate  so  assessed  and  against  the  owner  thereof  at  the 
date  of  the  ordinance  making  the  assessment  and  against  any 
railroad  company  or  street  railroad  company,  which  execution 
may  be  levied  by  the  Marshal  of  said  city  on  such  real  estate, 
and  after  advertisement  and  other  proceedings,  as  in  cases  of 
sales  for  city  taxes,  the  same  may  be  sold  at  public  outcry  to  the 
highest  bidder,  and  such  sale  shall  vest  an  absolute  title  in  the 
purchaser;  provided,  that  any  owner  of  real  estate  against 


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which  such  assessment  may  have  been  made,  who  may  wish  to 
contest  the  fact  of  special  benefit,  shall  have  the  right  to  file  an 
affidavit  and  bond  with  the  levying  officer  denying  such  special 
benefit,  or  that  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  amount  for  which 
the  execution  issued  is  due,  and  stating  what  amount  he  admits 
to  be  due;  the  amount  so  admitted  to  be  due  shall  be  paid  to  the 
Marshal  before  the  affidavit  is  received  and  the  affidavit  and 
bond  received  for  the  balance  and  all  such  affidavits  so  received 
shall  be  returned  to  the  Superior  Court  of  Muscogee  County  and 
there  tried  and  the  issue  determined  as  in  cases  of  illegality, 
subject  to  all  the  pains  and  penalties  provided  by  law  in  cases  of 
illegality  for  delay.  The  bond  provided  for  in  this  section  shall 
be  conditioned  the  same  as  bonds  in  illegality  proceedings. 

SEC.  29. — Execution  Sales.  (Acts  of  1900,  p.  270.) — That  deeds 
by  the  City  of  Columbus,  or  its  Mayor  or  the  Marshal,  pursuant  to 
sales  under  execution  issued  for  the  collection  of  local  assess- 
ments as  herein  provided,  and  tax  sales,  shall  be  admissible  in 
evidence  on  the  same  terms  as  deeds  made  pursuant  to  sales  for 
taxes  due  the  state  and  county;  provided  that  it  shall  be  com- 
petent for  parties  denying  the  validity  of  such  assessment  deeds 
or  such  tax  deeds  to  put  in  evidence  the  proceedings  preliminary 
to  the  execution  of  such  deeds;  the  purpose  of  this  section 
being  to  give  the  city  assessment  deeds  and  tax  deeds  the  same 
prima  facial  force  and  validity  which  is  accorded  to  tax  deeds 
made  by  the  officers  of  the  state  and  county. 

SEC.  30. — Work.  How  Done. — All  work  done  in  accordance 
with  this  Act  shall  be  done  under  the  direction  of  the  Street 
Committee  of  Council,  and  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works; 
said  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall  prepare  and  furnish 
surveys,  grades,  plans,  profiles,  and  other  like  work,  whether 
the  work  is  to  be  done  by  contract  or  directly  by  the  city. 

SEC.  31. — May  Change  Parks  and  Driveways. — The  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  of  the  said  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  are  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  in  their  discretion,  to  restrict  or 
narrow  the  original  width  or  the  present  width  of  the  sidewalks, 
streets  or  avenues  of  said  city,  either  by  making  a center  drive- 
way with  portions  of  such  streets  or  avenues,  parked  on  either 
side  of  such  center  driveway,  or  by  parking  the  center  of  such 


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streets  and  avenues  and  providing  a driveway  on  either  side 
thereof,  in  such  manner  and  paving  the  driveways  and  the 
parked  portions  of  the  streets  or  avenues  of  such  width,  and 
extending  for  such  length,  and  using  such  material  and  providing 
such  curbing  or  barriers,  as  in  their  discretion  may  seem  best, 
and  to  widen  and  change  the  location  of  sidewalks  in  their 
discretion. 

SEC.  32. — Streets. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid , That  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have 
the  power  and  authority  to  change  the  width  of  any  such  street 
or  avenue,  or  the  parked  portion  thereof,  after  it  shall  have 
been  so  parked  or  otherwise. 

SEC.  33. — Obstruction.  (Acts  of  1901,  p.  355.) — Be  it  further 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  in  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  the  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aider- 
men  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  move  or  cause  to  be 
moved  any  or  all  trees,  posts,  poles,  car  tracks,  hydrants,  or  other 
obstruction  in  such  sidewalks,  streets  or  avenues. 

SEC.  34. — Width  of  Driveways. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
are  hereby  authorized  to  designate  such  portion  of  the  width  of 
any  of  its  sidewalks,  streets  or  avenues  that  is  to  be  used  as 
the  traveled  highway,  and  kept  in  repair  by  said  authorities. 

SEC.  35. — Changing  Width.  (Acts  of  1901,  p.356.) — Be  it  further 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  action  of  said 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  in  heretofore  changing  the  width 
of  any  of  the  sidewalks,  streets  or  avenues  of  said  city  by  park- 
ing, as  by  this  Act  provided,  is  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed  as 
fully  as  though  such  work  had  been  done  subsequently  to  the 
passage  of  this  Act. 

SEC.  36. — Grading. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  are  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  establish  the  grade  of  its  side- 
walks, streets  or  avenues,  and  to  change  the  same  in  their 
discretion,  and  in  their  discretion  to  change  the  width,  number 
and  location  of  sidewalks. 

SEC.  37. — Assessments  for  Repairs. — The  said  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  assess  the  cost 


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of  keeping  in  repair,  and  in  a condition  suitable  for  travel,  any 
of  the  sidewalks  of  said  city  now  laid  out,  and  hereafter  to  be 
laid  out,  on  the  real  estate  abutting  on  sidewalks. 

SEC.  38. — Expense  of  Improving  Shall  be  a Lien  on  Abutting 
Property. — The  amount  of  expense  of  constructing,  paving  or 
otherwise  improving  sidewalks  under  this  Act,  shall  be  a lien 
on  the  real  estate  abutting  on  the  sidewalks  constructed,  paved 
or  otherwise  improved,  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  the 
ordinance  providing  for  the  work. 

SEC.  39. — May  Require  Property  Owners  to  Keep  Sidewalks 
in  Good  Repair. — The  amount  of  each  assessment  for  the  repair 
or  work  on  sidewalks  under  the  foregoing  paragraph  of  this 
section  shall  be  a lien  on  the  real  estate  assessed,  from  the  time 
the  repairs  are  made  or  work  is  done.  And  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  may  make  assessments  under  the  foregoing  paragraph 
by  general  ordinance,  requiring  all  property  owners  to  keep 
their  sidewalks  in  repair,  and  in  a condition  suitable  for  travel, 
authorizing  the  work  to  be  done  by  the  officers  of  the  city, 
specified  in  such  general  ordinance. 

SEC.  40. — Lien.  How  Enforced.  Proviso. — The  said  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  shall  have  authority  to  enforce  the  collection  of 
the  amount  of  any  assessment  under  this  Act,  by  execution  to 
be  issued  by  the  Clerk  of  Council  of  said  city  in  the  name  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  against  the  real  estate  so  assessed  and  against 
the  owner  thereof  at  the  date  of  the  ordinance  making  the 
assessment  except  in  the  case  of  assessments  under  Section  37, 
when  the  execution  shall  be  issued  against  the  real  estate 
assessed  and  the  owner  thereof  at  the  time  of  repairing, 
or  work  was  done,  which  execution  may  be  levied  by  the 
Marshal,  Chief  of  Police  or  any  policeman  of  said  city  on  such 
real  estate,  and  after  advertising  and  other  proceedings 
as  in  case  of  sales  for  taxes  due  said  city,  the  same  may  be 
sold  at  public  outcry  to  the  highest  bidder  and  such  sales  shall 
be  conducted  in  the  same  manner  as  sales  for  taxes  by  municipal 
corporations  in  this  state,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  right  of 
redemption  and  purchase  by  the  municipal  city  in  the  same 
manner  set  forth  in  an  Act,  entitled  an  “Act  to  provide  for  the 
manner  of  tax  sales  by  the  municipal  corporation,  in  this  state.’’ 


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(Approved  February  27,  1877.)  Provided,  that  the  defendant 
shall  have  the  right  to  file  an  affidavit,  denying  the  whole  or 
any  part  of  the  amount  for  which  execution  issued  is  due,  and 
stating  what  amount  he  admits  to  be  due,  which  amount  so 
admitted  to  be  due  shall  be  paid  or  collected  before  the  affidavit 
is  received  and  the  affidavit  received  for  the  balance;  and  all 
such  affidavits  so  received  shall  be  returned  to  the  City  Court  of 
Columbus,  and  shall  there  be  tried,  and  the  issue  determined  as 
in  cases  of  illegality  and  subject  to  all  the  pains  and  penalties 
provided  in  cases  of  illegalities  for  delay.  The  deeds  made  to  the 
purchasers  by  the  proper  officers  under  the  provisions  of  this 
Act  shall  be  just  as  valid  to  purchasers  as  if  made  under  the 
ordinary  process  of  law,  issuing  from  the  Superior  Court  of  this 
state. 

SEC.  41. — Power  to  Establish  Fire  Limits.  Regulate  Con- 
struction of  Sheds  and  Awnings.  Regulations  to  Prevent 
Conflagration.  Sanitary  Precautions.  Proviso.  Fire  Escapes. 
Punishment  for  Failure  to  Put  in  When  Required. — Be  it  further 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  said  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men  are  hereby  vested  with  power  to  establish  fire  limits  in  said 
city,  and  to  prohibit  the  erection  of  any  wooden  building  or 
structure  in  such  part  of  the  City  of  Columbus  as  they  may 
designate  as  the  fire  limits,  and  may  change  and  enlarge  said 
fire  limits  when  deemed  necessary,  and  may  exercise  such  super- 
visions and  control  over  the  construction  of  houses  and  material 
used  therein,  and  the  erection  of  awnings  and  sheds,  of  stove 
pipes,  chimney  flues,  and  other  means  of  heating  as  may  be 
necessary  and  proper  to  guard  against  conflagration;  and  may 
require  building  permits  to  be  issued  before  the  erection  or 
repair  of  any  building,  which  permit  shall  specify  the  material 
to  be  used,  and  the  manner  of  use  in  such  erection  or  repair  of 
buildings.  The  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have 
supervision  and  control  of  all  wharves  and  warehouses,  cotton 
compresses,  cotton  and  lumber  yards,  and  naval  store  yards,  and 
other  places  in  said  city  where  materials  of  an  inflammable 
nature  are  stored  and  may  prohibit  smoking  on  or  near  the  same, 
or  the  use  of  fire  about  cotton  compresses,  cotton  warehouses, 
cotton  yards  or  places  where  it  is  stored  or  where  other 


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inflammable  material  is  kept  and  also  about  naval  stores, 
or  places  where  they  are  stored  or  kept  or  may  be  placed. 
The  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  power 
and  authority  to  remove  any  forge,  smith  shop  or  other 
structure  within  the  city,  whenever  in  their  opinion,  it  shall 
be  necessary  for  protection  against  fire  and  shall  have  power 
to  cause  any  stove  pipe  or  any  other  thing  or  matter  that 
will  endanger  the  city  as  to  fire,  to  be  removed  or  remedied  as 
their  prudence  shall  dictate,  and  they  may  summarily  declare 
such  to  be  dangerous  without  notice  to  any  one,  and  remove  the 
same  instanter;  and  whenever  it  shall  appear  to  them  that  any 
decayed  house,  building  or  structure  of  any  sort,  is  dangerous  to 
pedestrians  or  persons  passing,  or  is  endangering  the  public 
health  of  said  city,  or  any  portion  of  the  inhabitants  thereof,  or 
any  locality  therein,  or  is  likely  to  produce  disease,  they  may 
summarily  condemn  it  by  resolution  or  ordinance,  and  cause 
it  to  be  torn  down  by  the  Marshal  or  police.  And  whenever 
in  their  opinion  it  is  necessary  to  burn  any  property,  clothing  or 
whatever  else,  to  prevent  the  introduction  of  infectious  or 
contagious  disease,  they  may,  with  the  advice  and  counsel  of  the 
health  officer  and  the  majority  of  the  Board  of  Health,  do  so 
instanter.  And  the  Marshal  or  other  officer  directed,  shall  obey 
such  order,  and  in  all  cases  they,  or  any  officer  assisting  in  or 
encouraging  the  performance  of  such  an  order  or  resolution, 
shall  not  be  liable  to  answer  therefor  in  any  court  having  juris- 
diction, except  for  gross  neglect  and  extreme  want  of  care, 
coupled  with  malice,  and  without  any  probable  cause  to  suspect 
such  actions  were  for  the  pubilc  good,  and  every  presumption 
shall  be  in  favor  of  such  act  having  been  lawfully  done  when 
done;  provided,  that  whenever  any  property  shall  have  been 
destroyed  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  the  City  of 
Columbus,  in  its  corporate  capacity,  shall  be  liable  to  the  owner 
thereof  for  the  actual  cash  value  thereof,  and  shall  not  be  liable 
for  any  speculative  damages,  or  prospective  profits  or  punitive 
damages  in  connection  therewith.  The  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of 
said  city  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  whenever  in 
their  judgment  the  same  is  necessary  for  the  safety  and  protec- 
tion of  human  life,  to  require  of  the  owner,  agent,  lessee  or 


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tenant  in  possession  of  any  building  in  said  city,  to  place  therein 
fire  escapes  of  such  character  and  material  as  may  be  by  said 
Mayor  and  Aldermen  deemed  requisite.  After  notice  to  place 
fire  escapes  on  any  building  in  said  city,  and  failure  within  the 
time  specified  to  place  the  same  thereon,  the  owner,  agent,  lessee 
or  tenant  in  possession  who  shall  have  been  served  with  such 
notice  shall  be  subject  to  fine  or  imprisonment,  or  both,  as 
provided  by  this  charter  of  said  city,  and  ordinances  as  may 
be  passed  in  pursuance  thereof.  Said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall 
have  power  to  prescribe  by  ordinance  for  the  regulation  of  the 
placing  of  fire  escapes  on  buildings  in  said  city. 

SEC.  42. — Quarantine  Regulations.  Property  Condemned  for 
Quarantine  Purposes.  Garbage,  Etc.,  to  be  Removed.  How 
Enforced.  Health  Officer.  Qualifications  of  and  Term  of  Office. 
Duty  and  Compensation.  Board  of  Health.  Oath.  Functions. 
Quarantine  Against  Smallpox.  Vaccination  May  be  Compulsory. 
Paupers  Vaccinated  by  Health  Officer  Free.  Quarantine  Against 
Animal  Diseases.  Lewd  and  Disorderly  Houses. — Be  it  further 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  said  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to 
establish  such  system  of  quarantines  and  to  make  such  sanitary 
regulations  within  the  limits  of  said  city  as  may  in  their  judg- 
ment be  necessary  to  prevent  the  spreading  or  introduction  of 
contagious  or  infectious  diseases  within  said  city,  and  in  order 
the  more  fully  to  exercise  this  authority  and  use  this  power,  said 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  are  hereby  given  quarantine 
jurisdiction  over  all  the  area  embraced  within  the  jurisdictional 
limits  of  the  County  of  Muscogee  in  this  state;  and  anywhere 
within  these  limits  either  in  said  city  or  county,  may  locate, 
establish  and  change  at  pleasure,  either  permanent  or  temporary 
quarantine  grounds,  houses  or  pest  houses  and  may  condemn  and 
take  lands  and  buildings  and  personal  property  of  any  sort, 
anywhere  within  said  limits  for  quarantine  grounds,  or  quaran- 
tine purposes,  either  permanent  or  temporary;  and  such  condem- 
nation proceedings  shall  be  had  and  done  in  the  same  manner 
and  by  the  same  rules  as  provided  in  Section  28  of  this  Act  (See 
Section  51  of  this  charter)  for  condemning  land  for  streets, 
ways,  etc.  And  may  by  order,  ordinance  or  resolution,  put  any 


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part  or  all  of  said  area  under  quarantine;  and  may  arrest,  detain, 
quarantine  and  if  need  be,  confine  any  person  from  or  suspected 
to  be  from  any  infected  port  or  place,  or  port  or  place  suspected 
to  be  infected,  and  detain  and  confine  such  person  or  persons 
from  day  to  day  as  they  by  ordinance  shall  see  fit  to  declare 
and  prescribe,  and  shall  have  power  to  stop,  delay  and  board  all 
such  trains,  cars,  steamboats,  boats,  vehicles  and  conveyances 
of  every  sort,  public  or  private  in  said  limits,  whenever  in  the 
judgment  of  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  it  may  seem  best;  and  may 
absolutely  prohibit  any  such  vessel,  train  or  carriage  from 
entering  said  limits,  or  person  from  coming  within  the  same  or 
any  such  from  leaving  the  same;  but  such  rigid  quarantine  shall 
not  be  laid  and  established  except  by  the  consent  of  the  Mayor 
and  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  Board  of  Health.  And  no  State 
Board  of  Health  that  is  now  or  hereafter  shall  be  established, 
shall  ever  have  power  to  molest,  lessen,  or  otherwise  interfere 
with  said  authorities  in  matters  of  quarantine  in  said  limits, 
saving  only  to  see  to  it  that  they  maintain  in  said  area  a quaran- 
tine not  less  strict  than  such  State  Board  of  Health  may  think 
best.  And  said  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall  have  full  power  and 
authority  to  punish  any  violations  of  the  quarantine  rules  and 
regulations  of  said  city  as  committed  anywhere  within  said 
area.  And  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may  by  resolution 
adopt  any  regulation  recommended  by  said  Board  of  Health, 
which  shall  upon  being  published  one  time  in  any  newspaper 
in  said  city,  and  within  twelve  hours  after  its  publication, 
become  a binding  ordinance  upon  all  persons  within  said  city, 
and  within  said  entire  area,  when  it  shall  so  recite.  The  Mayor 
and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  full 
power,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  City  Board  of  Health,  to 
adopt  and  enforce  such  ordinances  as  they  may  deem  necessary 
to  secure  the  removal  of  all  garbage,  rubbish,  filth,  dead  animals, 
weeds,  undergrowth,  and  all  other  offensive  matter  and  material 
from  any  and  all  occupied  lots  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  at 
the  expense  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  lots;  and  any  owner 
of  such  lots,  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  after  written  notice  from 
the  authorities  aforesaid,  to  comply  with  the  terms  of  such  ordi- 
nance, and  within  the  time  prescribed  by  such  ordinance,  shall 


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be  subject  to  such  penalties  as  may  be  lawfully  prescribed  for 
the  same,  and  said  authorities  upon  the  refusal  or  failure  of 
such  owner  to  do  such  work,  may  cause  same  to  be  done,  and 
issue  execution  as  they  may  by  ordinance  direct  and  prescribe 
against  the  property  of  such  owner  for  the  amount  pf  such 
expense  and  cost,  and  the  person  returning  such  lot  for  city  taxes 
shall  be  taken  and  deemed  to  be  the  owner  and  said  execution 
shall  proceed  in  the  same  manner,  and  shall  be  liable  to  the 
same  defense  as  is  prescribed  in  this  Act  where  executions  are 
issued  by  said  city  for  constructing,  paving  or  otherwise  improv- 
ing sidewalks  of  said  city.  The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
shall  have  power  and  authority  to  elect  a Health  Officer,  who 
shall  be  a physician  of  at  least  five  years  practice;  whose  term  of 
office  shall  be  two  years  and  whose  duty  and  compensation  they 
shall  prescribe  and  regulate,  but  when  once  fixed  it  shall  not  be 
increased  or  diminished  during  the  term  of  an  incumbent.  And 
said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  at  any  regular  meeting 
elect  a Board  of  Health,  to  consist  of  such  number  of  members 
and  for  such  term  of  office  as  they  may  prescribe.  The  mem- 
bers of  said  Board  of  Health  shall  be  each  over  25  years  of  age, 
five  years  a resident  and  citizen  of  said  city,  and  shall  take  the 
followingoath  before  an  officer  authorized  to  administer  an  oath: 
“I  do  solemnly  swear  that  I will  well  and  truly  discharge  all 
the  duties  required  of-  me  as  a member  of  the  Board  of  Health 
of  the  City  of  Columbus.  So  help  me  God.”  Said  Board  of 
Health  shall  exercise  the  functions  of  their  office  over  said  entire 
quarantine  area  defined  in  this  section.  Said  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen  shall  define  by  ordinance  the  duties  and  powers  of 
said  Board  of  Health,  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  Georgia.  The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have 
the  power  to  control  the  removal  to  the  smallpox  hospital  of 
any  person  or  persons  who  shall  have  smallpox  in  said  city  or 
in  said  County  of  Muscogee,  and  who  do  not  provide  their 
premises  with  sufficient  guards  to  completely  quarantine  them, 
but  even  when  the  premises  on  which  said  person  may  be,  who 
shall  have  the  smallpox,  shall  be  sufficiently  guarded,  it  shall 
still  be  in  the  power  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  under 
and  by  the  advice  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  said  city  to  remove 


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said  person  having  the  smallpox  to  the  smallpox  hospital.  The 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  shall  have  the  power 
and  authority  to  declare  by  resolution  that  vaccination  shall  be 
compulsory  upon  all  persons  living  within  the  County  of  Mus- 
cogee or  any  part  thereof.  And  shall  provide  in  said  resolution 
the  time  within  which  all  persons  living  in  said  county  or  any 
part  thereof  shall  be  vaccinated,  and  any  person  failing  to  be 
vaccinated  within  the  time  required  in  said  resolution,  shall 
upon  conviction  for  the  first  offense  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  or  imprisonment  in  the  county 
jail  for  not  longer  than  thirty  days;  and  for  each  subsequent 
offense  shall  be  punished  as  prescribed  in  Section  4310  of  the 
Code  of  Georgia  of  1882.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  physician 
or  other  person  living  in  said  County  of  Muscogee  who  knows 
or  has  reason  to  believe  that  any  one  has  not  been  vaccinated 
after  the  passage  of  a resolution  by  the  said  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen  as  prescribed  in  the  preceding  paragraph  to  report 
the  fact  to  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  for  failure  to 
do  this,  such  physician  or  other  persons  upon  conviction  shall 
be  punished  as  prescribed  in  the  preceding  paragraph.  It  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Health  Officer  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  to  vaccinate  free  of  charge  any  person  or  persons 
residing  in  said  County  of  Muscogee,  who,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Mayor  of  said  city,  are  unable  to  pay  the  expenses  of  vaccination, 
from  poverty.  The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority  to  quarantine  any  animal  having 
glanders  or  other  infectious  or  contagious  disease  in  said  County 
of  Muscogee.  And  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may  in 
order  to  prevent  the  spread  of  such  disease  have  such  animals 
killed,  and  shall  only  be  liable  to  the  owner  thereof  for  the 
actual  cash  value  of  said  animals  at  the  time  of  said  killing. 
The  Mayor,  or  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  may  in  the  discretion  of  either  said  Mayor  or  Mayor 
and  Board  of  Aldermen,  remove  the  occupants  or  inmates  of 
lewd  or  disorderly  houses  in  the  City  of  Columbus  and  in  the 
police  district. 

SEC.  43. — Regulation  of  Sale  of  Intoxicating  Liquors.  Punish- 
ment for  Violations.  Revocation  of  Licenses.  Bond  and  Oath. 


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— Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  the  right  and  power 
to  grant  or  refuse  to  grant  a license  for  the  sale  of  spirituous, 
vinous  and  malt  liquors  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  and  in  the  police  district  of  said  city  as  defined  by 
this  Act,  and  to  prescribe  conditions  on  which  a license  may  be 
granted,  and  to  fix  the  license  fee  therefor,  and  to  collect  the 
same,  which  license  fee  shall  at  no  time  be  less  than  five 
hundred  dollars;  they  shall  also  have  the  right  and  power  to 
declare  and  define  certain  districts  in  said  city  and  police  district 
in  which  no  license  to  sell  any  spirituous,  vinous,  malt  or  other 
intoxicating  liquors  shall  be  granted,  which  districts  may  be 
enlarged,  increased  or  changed  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aider- 
men.  The  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  also  have 
the  right  by  ordinance  or  resolution  to  regulate  the  hours  of  the 
day  and  night  (except  Sundays)  when  the  places  where  any 
spirituous,  vinous,  malt  or  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold,  may  be 
kept  open  and  sales  of  such  liquors  made,  and  all  sales  made 
not  within  the  hours  prescribed  in  said  resolution  or  ordinance, 
shall  be  a sale  of  liquor  without  a license,  and  all  and  every 
person  guilty  of  making  such  sale  or  in  any  way  connected 
therein  may  be  indicted  in  the  Superior  Court  of  Muscogee 
County,  or  in  the  City  Court  of  Columbus  for  a misdemeanor, 
and  punished  as  prescribed  in  Section  4310  of  the  Code  of 
Georgia,  1882.  They  shall  also  have  the  right  and  power  by 
ordinance  to  prevent  minors  from  entering  barrooms,  or  places 
where  spirituous,  vinous  or  malt  liquors  are  sold,  and  prescribe 
punishment  for  a violation  of  said  ordinance.  The  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  also  have  the 
right  and  power  to  prescribe  by  resolution  or  ordinance  that  any 
license  to  retail  spirituous,  vinous  or  malt  liquors  shall  be  can- 
celled or  revoked  on  conviction  in  the  Mayor’s  Court  of  any  law 
of  the  state,  or  ordinance  of  the  city,  touching  or  relating  to  any 
illegal  sale  or  gift  of  spirituous  or  malt  liquors,  and  touching  or 
relating  to  the  offense  of  keeping  open  a tippling  house  on 
Sunday,  and  of  any  law  of  the  state  or  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
in  any  way  regulating  or  controlling  either  the  places 
where  spirituous  liquors  are  sold  or  the  sale  of  the  same, 
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and  in  the  event  of  the  cancellation  or  revocation  of  any 
license,  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  nor  neither  of 
them,  shall  have  any  power  to  refund  or  return  any 
amount  before  that  time  paid  for  or  on  account  of  said  license, 
but  all  amounts  so  paid  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  for  viola- 
tion of  the  resolution  or  ordinance  of  said  city.  No  license  to 
sell  liquor  shall  be  granted  for  a period  less  than  one  year,  and 
the  applicant  shall  give  such  bond  and  take  such  oath  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  if  none 
shall  be  so  prescribed,  then  the  bond  and  oath  as  prescribed  by 
the  Code  of  Georgia  for  such  license  to  sell  at  such  places  other 
than  incorporated  towns  and  cities. 

SEC.  44. — Mayor’s  Court.  Jurisdiction.  Fines  and  Imprison- 
ment. Fines;  How  Collected.  Recorder.  Power  and  Duties. 
Term  of  Office.  (Act  of  1904,  p.  449,  Making  Term  Two  Years.) 
All  Licenses  Revocable. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  the  Mayor  of  said  city  shall  have  power  and 
authority  to  hold  a court  at  such  time  and  place  in  said  city 
as  he  may  appoint  for  the  trial  of  offenses  committed  against 
the  by-laws,  ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  of  said  City 
Council  which  offenses  do  not  amount  to  a violation  of  the 
penal  laws  of  the  state  and  have  power  and  authority  to  enforce 
the  penalties  prescribed.  The  Mayor’s  Court  of  said  city  shall 
have  jurisdiction  over,  and  the  power  and  authority  to  try  all 
persons  charged  with  retailing  spirituous  liquors*  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  said  city,  and  in  the  police  district  herein 
created,  without  a license  first  had  and  obtained  from  the  said  city 
authorities  as  prescribed  by  law  and  by  this  Act.  Also  jurisdic- 
tion over,  and  power  to  try  any  and  all  persons  charged  with 
the  commission  of  the  following  offenses  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  city  and  in  the  police  district,  to-wit:  for  fighting, 

malicious  mischief,  keeping  a disorderly  house,  the  keeping, 
permitting  or  maintaining  a nuisance  to  the  annoyance  of  his, 
her  or  their  neighbors,  and  for  the  petty  offenses  against  health, 
peace  and  good  order,  and  for  a violation  of  any  of  the  ordi- 
nances of  said  city,  and  also  for  contempt  and  disobedience  to  the 
lawful  orders  of  said  court,  and  upon  a hearing  and  conviction 
by  said  Mayor  for  any  of  said  offenses,  he  shall  impose  upon 


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the  offender  such  fine  for  the  same  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the 
ordinance  of  said  city,  and  upon  the  failure  of  the  parties  to  pay 
said  fines  and  costs  as  the  same  shall  be  ordered  and  adjudged  by 
said  Mayor  to  be  paid,  then  said  delinquent  may  by  order  in 
writing  of  said  Mayor  be  punished  by  fine  or  imprisonment  in 
the  common  jail  of  Muscogee  County,  or  in  the  guard  house  of 
said  city,  or  by  hard  labor  upon  the  public  works  in  said  city, 
or  within  the  County  of  Muscogee,  provided , that  no  fine  or 
forfeiture  for  one  individual  offense  shall  exceed  one  hundred 
dollars,  and  no  imprisonment  or  time  of  labor  shall  be  for 
more  than  sixty  days,  which,  either  one  or  both,  or  any  lesser 
time,  or  amount,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Mayor,  may  be  imposed 
for  a violation  of  any  of  the  ordinances  of  said  city.  Fines, 
penalties  and  forfeitures  imposed  by  the  Mayor  may  be  levied 
and  collected  by  the  Marshal  by  execution  and  sale  of  the 
offender’s  goods  and  chattels  under  the  same  rules  as  given 
Constables’  sales  where  the  amount  is  under  one  hundred  dollars 
and  of  Sheriff’s  sales  when  the  amount  is  over  that  sum.  When- 
ever any  fine  shall  be  imposed  by  the  Mayor  on  the  account  of  any 
offense  committed  against  the  ordinance  or  by-laws  of  said  city, 
the  offender  shall  remain  in  custody  until  the-  same  is  paid,  and 
when  it  shall  go  to  the  Treasurer  for  the  use  of  said  city. 
The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may  in  their  discretion  at  any 
time  elect  a Recorder  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  when  so  elected,  to 
preside  at  the  court  known  as  the  Mayor’s  Court,  with  as  full  and 
ample  authority  to  try  and  dispose  of  all  cases  within  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Mayor’s  Court  as  the  Mayor  has  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Charter.  The  said  Recorder  shall  be  ex-officio 
Justice  of  the  Peace.  He  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two 
years,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified.  But  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  may  at  any 
time  by  a resolution,  declare  said  office  vacant  before  the  expira- 
tion of  two  years  and  may  allow  said  office  to  remain  vacant  until, 
in  their  discretion,  they  may  consider  it  to  be  to  the  best  interest 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  to  elect  a new  Recorder.  Any  person 
accepting  the  office  of  Recorder  shall  take  it  subject  to  the 
reserved  right  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  to  remove 
him  at  pleasure,  and  shall  have  no  claim  on  the  City  of  Columbus 


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for  services  beyond  the  time  he  actually  serves  the  city  as  such. 
All  licenses  granted  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
the  City  of  Columbus  shall  be  taken  and  accepted  by  the  party 
to  whom  said  license  is  granted  subject  to  the  will  of  said 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  who  shall  have  the  reserved  right 
to  revoke  the  same  at  pleasure,  and  the  action  of  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  in  revoking  said  license  shall  be  final  and 
conclusive. 

SEC.  45. — Executions.  Form  of.  Proceedings  Under.  Re- 
demption. City  May  Buy  at  Execution  Sales.  Execution  Docket. 
Affidavits  of  Illegality.  Priority  of  Liens. — Be  it  further  enacted 
by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  all  executions  issued  by  the 
Clerk  of  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  be  directed 
to  the  Marshal  of  said  city,  and  issued  in  the  name  of  “The 
City  of  Columbus”  and  be  signed  by  said  clerk  and  shall  state 
for  what  issued,  and  be  made  returnable  to  the  clerk  aforesaid 
ninety  days  after  the  issuing  of  the  same,  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Marshal  of  said  city  to  advertise  the  sale  of  such  real 
or  personal  property  as  may  have  been  levied  on  by  him  to 
satisfy  said  execution  in  the  same  manner  as  advertisements 
of  Sheriff’s  sales  of  real  or  personal  property  is  by  law  required 
to  be  made.  All  of  said  sales  to  be  made  at  the  place  and  within 
the  usual  hours  of  Sheriff’s  sales  and  to  be  made  under  the  same 
rules  and  regulations  as  govern  Sheriff’s  sales  of  similar 
property. 

That  the  time,  place  and  manner  of  the  sale  of  property,  both, 
real  and  personal  for  taxes  due  shall  be  the  same  as  that  pro- 
vided by  law  for  Sheriff’s  sales  for  state  and  county  taxes. 
Whenever  any  land  is  sold,  the  owner  thereof  shall  have  the 
privilege  of  redeeming  it  within  one  year  by  paying  the  pur- 
chaser the  amount  paid  therefor,  with  ten  per  cent,  premium 
thereon. 

Whenever  at  any  such  sale  for  taxes  due,  no  one  present  shall 
bid  for  the  property  put  up  to  be  sold  as  much  as  the  amount  of 
such  tax  execution  and  all  costs,  and  after  such  property  shall 
have  been  cried  a reasonable  time,  then  any  duly  appointed 
officer  or  agent  of  the  City  of  Columbus  may  bid  off  such  prop- 
erty for  the  city,  and  the  Marshal  or  other  officer  making  such 


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sale  shall  make  to  the  City  of  Columbus  a deed  to  the  property 
so  sold  and  deliver  the  same,  and  the  title  thus  acquired  by  the 
city  shall  be  perfect  and  valid  after  the  period  provided  for 
redemption  by  the  owner  shall  have  elapsed,  and  the  Marshal 
or  officer  making  the  sale  shall  put  the  city  in  possession.  And 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  no  power  to  divert 
or  alienate  the  title  of  the  city  to  any  property  so  purchased 
except  by  a public  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  in  such  manner 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city.  The  Clerk 
of  Council  shall  keep  an  execution  docket  on  which  shall  be 
entered  the  date  thereof,  time  and  to  whom  delivered,  and  the 
proceedings  had  thereunder.  Such  execution  shall  also  be 
returned  to  the  office  of  the  clerk  after  satisfaction  of  same. 
Where  affidavits  of  illegality  or  claims  are  interposed,  then  all 
the  papers  shall  by  the  clerk  be  transmitted  to  the  Clerk  of 
the  Superior  Court  of  Muscogee  County,  where  such  illegality 
or  claim  shall  be  tried.  When  affidavits  of  illegality  are  filed 
to  executions  so  issued,  the  person  making  the  affidavit  shall  at 
the  same  time  deliver  to  the  Marshal  a bond  with  good  security, 
conditioned  to  deliver  the  property  at  the  time  and  place  of 
sale,  if  the  issue  of  illegality  shall  be  adjudged  against  him. 
In  all  cases,  however,  a levy  shall  be  made  before  an  affidavit 
of  illegality  can  be  received.  The  lien  of  tax  executions  in  favor 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  priority  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  city  over  all  other  judgments  and  executions 
except  those  due  to  the  state  or  county,  and  by  order  of  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  be  transferred  to  any  person 
who  will  pay  the  full  amount  and  costs  of  the  same,  and  the 
transferree  shall  be  subregated  to  all  the  rights  of  the  city 
as  to  the  enforcement  of  such  execution  which  shall  retain  all  its 
prior  liens. 

SEC.  46. — Aldermen  May  Act  as  Recorder.  Chief  of  Police; 
Power.  Mayor  and  Aldermen  Ex-Officio  Justices  of  the  Peace. 
Policemen;  Powers  and  Duties.  Warrants;  form  of.  Com- 
mitments to  Superior  Court  and  City  Court.  Police  May  Raid 
Gambling  Houses.  (Act  of  1905,  p.  760.)  (Act  of  1905,  p.  761.) — 
The  Mayor  and  each  Alderman  shall  be  ex-officio  Justices  of  the 
Peace,  so  far  as  to  enable  each  of  them  to  issue  warrants  for 


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offenses  committed  within  the  limits  of  the  city  and  the  police 
district  created  by  this  Act,  and  may  admit  to  bail,  or  commit 
offenders  for  trial  before  any  court  held  in  said  county  having 
jurisdiction.  The  Chief  of  Police  and  members  of  the  police 
force  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  be  ex-officio  Constables  of 
the  County  of  Muscogee,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  call  of  the 
Sheriff  of  Muscogee  County  as  such.  And  said  Chief  of  Police 
shall  have  power  and  authority  to  pursue  and  arrest  or  summon 
before  the  Mayor’s  Court,  any  person  who  shall  have  violated 
any  of  the  ordinances  of  said  city  or  of  the  laws  of  Georgia  over 
and  beyond  the  city  limits  to  any  point  within  the  County  of 
Muscogee.  And  said  arrest  so  made  in  said  County  of  Muscogee 
shall  be  just  as  lawful  as  if  made  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  City  of  Columbus.  The  police  force  of  said  city  in  the  pur- 
suit of  any  offender  against  the  laws  of  said  city  or  against  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Georgia,  may  enter  any  building,  either 
public  or  private,  and  where  admission  is  refused  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  said  police  force  to  break  and  enter  said  building  for 
the  purpose  of  making  said  arrest.  The  Chief  of  Police  and 
members  of  the  police  force  shall  have  full  power  and  authority 
to  examine  all  places  in  said  city  and  police  district  where  he 
or  they  suspect  a violation  of  any  of  the  penal  laws  of  this 
state  to  be  carried  on,  and  for  this  purpose  he  or  they  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority  to  call  to  his  or  their  aid  any  and  all 
of  the  male  citizens  of  said  city  or  police  district  capable  of 
bearing  arms;  and  shall  make  a report  of  all  offenders  against 
the  penal  laws  of  this  state  to  the  Mayor.  And  said  Chief  of 
Police  and  members  of  the  police  force,  shall  in  each  case 
where  he  has  a reason  to  suspect  a violation  as  aforesaid,  make 
an  affidavit  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  charging  the 
offenders  or  offender  with  said  offense,  and  the  form  of  said 
affidavit  should  be  substantially  as  follows: 

“Georgia, 

Muscogee  County. 

Personally  came  A.  B.,  who  on  oath  says  that  to  the  best 
of  his  knowledge  and  belief  C.  D.  did,  on  the day  of 


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in  the  year in  the  county  aforesaid, 

commit  the  offense  of and  this  deponent  make 

this  affidavit  that  a warrant  may  issue  for  his  arrest. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this day  of 

(Signed  A.  B.)  of  the  City  of  Columbus.” 
When  said  affidavit  shall  have  been  made  before  the  Mayor, 
Recorder  or  any  Alderman  of  said  city,  said  Mayor,  Recorder 
or  any  Alderman  shall  issue  a warrant  substantially  as  follows: 

‘‘Georgia, 

Muscogee  County. 

To  any  Sheriff,  Deputy  Sheriff,  Coroner,  Constable,  Chief  of 
Police  of  this  State,  or  Policeman  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
Greeting: 

A.  B.  makes  affidavit  before  me  that  on  the day 

of in  the  year in  the  county 

aforesaid  C.  D.  did  commit  the  offense  of 

You  are  hereby  commanded  to  arrest  the  body  of  said  C.  D.  and 
bring  him  before  me  or  some  other  judicial  officer  of  this  state 
to  be  dealt  with  as  the  law  directs.  You  will  also  levy  on  a 
sufficiency  of  the  property  of  said  C.  D.  to  pay  the  costs  in  the 
event  of  his  conviction.  Herein  fail  not.” 

Which  said  warrant  shall  be  signed  by  said  Mayor,  Recorder 
or  Alderman  as  the  case  may  be,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
any  officer  to  whom  said  warrant  of  arrest  is  directed  to  arrest 
said  offender  and  carry  him  without  delay  before  the  Mayor, 
Recorder  or  Alderman  of  said  city,  and  if  there  is  probable  cause 
to  suspect  that  an  offense  has  been  committed  by  such  person 
so  charged,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  before  whom  said 
charge  is  investigated  to  commit  said  person  so  charged  to  the 
common  jail  of  the  County  of  Muscogee,  and  if  said  offense  is 
bailable  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  and  is  less  than  a felony, 
said  person  so  charged  shall  be  bound  over  to  appear  at  the 
next  term  of  the  City  Court  of  Columbus,  or  other  court  having 
jurisdiction,  to  answer  for  said  offense  so  alleged  to  have  been 
committed;  and  if  the  said  offense  is  of  the  grade  of  felony,  said 
person  so  charged  shall  be  bound  over  to  appear  at  the  next 
term  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Muscogee  County,  and  it  shall  be 


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the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  or  officer  making  the  affidavit  on 
which  said  arrest  was  based  to  appear  before  the  proper  court  as 
a prosecutor  in  said  case.  And  where  said  case  is  returnable  to 
the  City  Court  of  Columbus  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  officer  to 
make  the  necessary  affidavit,  on  which  an  accusation  shall  be 
based  in  said  court. 

The  following  form  or  one  in  substance  the  same,  shall  be 
signed  by  the  officer  by  whom  any  offender  may  be  committed, 
as  prescribed  in  the  foregoing  paragraph,  and  shall  be  deemed 
a sufficient  commitment: 

“Georgia,  1 

Muscogee  County,  f 

A.  B.  having  been  arrested  on  a warrant  for  the  offense 

of and  brought  before  me,  after  hearing 

the  evidence  it  is  ordered  that  he  be  committed  for  trial  to 

for  the  offense  of and  the  jailer  of  said 

county  is  required  to  receive  and  safely  keep  him  until  dis- 
charged by  due  process  of  law. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of ” 

The  Chief  of  Police  or  any  policeman  of  said  city  who  shall 
fail  to  make  the  affidavit  as  aforesaid,  as  herein  provided,  shall 
be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  before 
any  court  in  Muscogee  County,  having  jurisdiction  of  the  same, 
shall  be  punished  as  prescribed  in  Section  4310  of  the  Code  of 
Georgia  of  1882.  And  the  effect  of  said  conviction  shall  be  that 
said  Chief  of  Police  or  policeman  shall  be  disqualified  from 
holding  any  office  under  the  charter  of  the  City  of  Columbus; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
to  see  that  this  paragraph  is  carried  into  effect.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  of  said  city  or  any  policeman  of  said 
city  to  break  and  enter  any  gambling  house  located  in  said  City 
of  Columbus  and  police  district  where  gambling  is  actually 
going  on  at  the  time  of  said  breaking  and  entering,  and  said 
Chief  of  Police  and  policeman,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  seize  any 
evidence  of  guilt  in  the  shape  of  tables,  cards,  dice  or  other 
implements  of  gaming  and  shall  hold  the  same  to  be  used  in 
evidence  on  the  trial  of  any  cases  that  may  be  made  against 


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said  offenders;  and  each  and  every  person  who  is  present  shall 
be  arrested  and  brought  before  the  Mayor,  Recorder  or  Alder- 
man of  said  city,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  answer  to  such  charge  as 
may  be  brought  against  them.  Any  of  the  officers  of  said  cor- 
poration sued  for  an  act  done  in  his  or  their  official  character 
shall  justify  under  this  Act. 

SEC.  47. — Markets.  May  Regulate  the  Sale  of  Marketable 
Goods. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid , That 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall 
have  the  power  to  establish  and  keep  up  one  or  more  public 
markets  in  said  city;  and  shall  govern  the  same  by  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may 
deem  necessary  and  proper;  and  may  prescribe  and  enforce 
penalties  for  violation  of  market  laws  and  regulations;  provided, 
however,  that  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may  grant 
private  license  for  the  sale  of  marketable  articles  or  any  of  them, 
at  a place  or  places  in  said  city  other  than  the  public  market 
upon  such  terms,  regulations  and  control  as  the  said  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  may  adopt. 

That  in  order  to  enable  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  to 
maintain  a public  market  in  said  city,  the  said  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  prohibit 
the  sale  by  retail  of  such  fresh  meat  and  vegetables  as  are 
usually  sold  in  a public  market  at  any  other  place  in  said  city 
except  at  the  market  house  during  certain  hours  to  be  fixed,  and 
to  impose  such  penalties  upon  offenders  as  are  provided  for 
violation  of  other  ordinances  of  said  city. 

The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  full  power  and 
authority  to  prevent  the  sale  in  said  city  and  police  district  of 
all  articles  of  food  which  are  injurious  to  health,  or  which  may 
have  been  adulterated,  and  to  condemn  and  destroy  the  same, 
and  punish  persons  who  shall  sell  or  offer  such  articles  of  food 
for  sale,  and  to  this  end  may  pass  laws  for  the  inspection  of 
articles  of  food  and  milk  offered  for  sale  and  fix  the  penalties 
not  exceeding  a fine  of  $100  and  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
sixty  days. 

SEC.  48. — Nuisances.  Power  to  Abate.  (Act  of  1905,  p.  763.) 
— That  the  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  power, 


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by  ordinances,  resolution  or  order  of  Council,  to  cause  to  be 
abated,  within  the  jurisdictional  limits  of  said  city  and  police 
district,  any  nuisance  which  may  tend  to  the  immediate  annoy- 
ance of  the  citizens  in  general,  which  may  be  manifestly 
injurious  to  the  public  health  or  safety,  or  tend  greatly  to  corrupt 
the  manners  and  morals  of  the  people,  or  any  considerable  part 
thereof,  whether  the  nuisance  be  such  by  the  common  law  or 
by  statute  of  this  state,  or  by  ordinance  of  said  city,  passed 
in  conformity  with  law,  and  to  enforce  the  order  for  abatement 
and  removal  of  such  nuisance  by  the  Chief  of  Police  and  other 
civil  force  of  said  city.  The  Mayor  of  said  city  shall  have  the 
power  and  authority  to  try  all  persons  charged  with  keeping,  per- 
mitting or  maintaining  a nuisance  to  the  annoyance  of  his,  her  or 
their  neighbors,  and  on  conviction  he  shall  be  fined  or  imprisoned, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Mayor,  not  exceeding  the  limit  made  in 
this  Act  for  the  punishment  for  violation  of  any  city  ordinance 
and  the  nuisance  shall  be  abated.  No  horse,  mule,  cattle,  sheep, 
goat,  hog  or  other  animal  shall  ever  be  allowed  to  run  at  large 
in  any  part  of  said  City  of  Columbus,  and  the  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen  shall  enforce  this  section  by  proper  ordinances, 
and  provide  punishment  for  any  person  owning  such  animals 
willfully  violating  this  section, by  fine  not  to  exceed  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Mayor’s  Court,  or  as  provided  in 
Section  21  of  this  Act. 

SEC.  49. — Public  Schools.  Tax  for  Maintenance  of  Public 
Schools.  Interest  on  School  Fund.  Separate  Schools  for  White 
and  Colored  Pupils.  Additional  Tax.  Apportionment  of  Funds. 
Report  of  Trustees. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  to  establish  and  maintain 
Public  Schools  in  said  city,  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
are  hereby  invested  with  the  exclusive  control  and  manage- 
ment of  the  buildings  used  and  erected  for  Public  Schools, 
together  with  the  lots  on  which  the  same  are  situated.  That  of 
all  funds  set  apart  or  appropriated  by  the  state  or  by  the  County 
of  Muscogee  for  school  or  educational  purposes,  the  propor- 
tionate amount  to  which  the  children  resident  in  the  city  or  the 


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schools  of  said  city  may  be  entitled,  shall  be  paid  over  to  the 
Treasurer  of  said  city,  to  be  used  by  said  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  only  in  the  maintenance  of  such  Public  Schools,  but 
schools  for  white  and  colored  pupils  shall  always  be  kept  sepa- 
rate and  distinct  from  each  other.  The  said  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  shall  be  and  they  are  hereby  given  full  authority  to 
set  apart  and  appropriate  the  poll  tax  which  may  be  collected 
in  said  city  under  any  law  authorizing  said  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  to  levy  and  collect  tax  for  the  maintenance  of  said 
Public  Schools,  and  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  are 
hereby  authorized  to  levy  and  collect  a tax  upon  all  taxable 
property  in  said  city,  which  added  to  all  other  revenue  may 
be  sufficient  for  the  proper  maintenance  of  said  Public  Schools, 
and  the  erection  of  necessary  buildings  for  such  schools. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Comptroller-General  to  ascertain 
the  proportions  of  the  interest  upon  the  school  fund,  now  on 
hand  or  which  may  hereafter  be  collected  or  appropriated  to 
which  the  City  of  Columbus  would  be  entitled  according  to 
population,  and  such  proportion  when  determined  shall  be  paid 
over  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  city,  to  be  used  only  for  school 
purposes  under  the  direction  and  management  of  the  Trustees 
of  the  Public  Schools  in  said  city.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  said  Trustees  with  said  portion  of  school  fund  so  paid  to 
said  Treasurer  to  establish  separate  schools  in  said  city  for  the 
children  of  white  and  colored  persons,  and  to  use  for  such 
purposes  such  portion  of  said  fund  for  the  colored  children  as 
in  their  opinion  is  necessary  to  maintain  proper  and  suitable 
schools. 

If  the  proportion  to  which  said  colored  children  may  be  thus 
allowed,  shall  not  be  sufficient  to  keep  and  maintain  schools  for 
their  benefit  as  much  as  three  months  in  each  year,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  to 
levy  and  collect  annually,  by  taxation,  a sufficient  amount  to 
enable  such  Board  of  Trustees  to  keep  up  said  schools  at  least 
three  months  in  the  year.  The  said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  in  the 
management  of  said  schools  as  nearly  as  practicable  conform 
to  the  school  laws  of  this  state  now  in  existence  or  which  may 
hereafter  be  adopted.  The  State  School  Commissioner  shall  so 


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apportion  the  fund  raised  for  the  payment  of  the  debt  due  the 
teachers,  and  also  any  other  fund  which  may  be  on  hand  or  may 
hereafter  be  realized  from  any  source,  as  that  the  amount  which 
would  be  due  upon  the  basis  if  the  number  of  children  of  school 
age  in  the  city  of  Columbus  shall  be  ascertained  and  submit  to 
the  Governor  his  estimates,  who  shall,  from  time  to  time  draw 
his  warrant  upon  the  State  Treasurer  in  favor  of  the  City  Treas- 
urer of  said  city  for  the  amount  of  said  estimate.  The  said 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
August  in  each  and  every  year,  make  a report  to  said  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  condition  of  said  institutions,  showing 
who  the  teachers  are,  and  the  number  of  pupils  taught  during  the 
preceding  year, with  suggestions  as  they  may  deem  proper  for  the 
interest  of  education  in  said  institutions;  and  upon  a failure 
to  make  such  report  the  defaulting  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be 
considered  dissolved  and  the  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
at  their  first  meeting  after  such  default  shall  proceed  to  elect 
a new  Board  of  Trustees. 

SEC.  50. — River  Bridges. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  bridges  across  the  Chattahoochee 
RiVer  erected  by  said  city  shall  be  under  the  exclusive 
management  and  control  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
of  said  city.  They  may  appoint  keepers  of  the  same  at  will, 
and  make  said  bridges  free  to  vehicles  and  passengers  or  may 
charge  tolls  for  either  or  both;  and  no  bridge  shall  be  erected 
over  said  river  within  the  limits  of  said  city  without  the  consent 
of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

SEC.  51. — Power  of  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  as  to  Public 
Improvements.  Appointment  of  Assessors.  Arbitration.  Award 
of  Assessors.  Appeals.  Award;  How  Enforced.  Collections  by 
Ordinary  for  Persons  Under  Disability. — Be  it  further  enacted 
by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  have 
the  power,  right,  privilege  and  authority  within  the  County  of 
Muscogee  to  lease,  purchase  or  condemn,  receive  donations, 
grants,  easements  or  other  uses  of  lands  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
structing, operating,  carrying  on  and  building  sewers,  streets, 
drains,  waterways,  waste-ways,  traps,  ditches,  embankments, 
culverts,  bridges,  sidewalks  and  alleys  or  any  other  and  all  kinds 


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of  public  works,  quarantine  stations,  smallpox  hospitals  or  any 
other  kind,  market  houses,  engine  houses,  police  stations, 
morgues,  barracks,  and  any  and  all  public  buildings  that  may  at 
any  time  in  the  future  be  needed  for  the  use  of  said  city.  In  the 
event  that  the  said  City  of  Columbus  does  not  procure  from  the 
owner  or  owners  thereof  by  donations,  contract,  lease  or  pur- 
chase, the  title  to  the  lands  or  rights  of  way  necessary  or  proper 
for  any  of  the  uses  or  purposes  mentioned  as  aforesaid,  when  the 
parties  cannot  and  do  not  agree  upon  the  damage  done  or  to 
be  done  for  any  of  the  purposes  aforesaid  to  the  owner  or 
owners  of  the  lands  which  the  City  of  Columbus  may  seek  to 
appropriate  as  rights  of  way,  or  for  its  other  purposes,  the  City 
of  Columbus,  by  its  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  appoint 
one  person  as  its  assessor,  and  the  person  or  persons  owning  the 
land  sought  to  be  taken  for  rights  of  way  or  for  building  purposes 
or  other  purposes,  necessary  or  proper  for  the  construction  of 
any  of  the  objects  aforesaid,  shall  choose  his,  her  or  their  or  its 
assessor,  and  in  case  the  person  owning  the  land  sought  to  be  con- 
demned shall  fail  or  refuse  to  make  such  choice  or  select  some 
one  to  represent  his,  her  or  their  interests,  or  should  be  an  insane 
person,  lunatic,  idiot  or  minor  or  laboring  under  any  disability 
from  any  other  cause  whatever,  and  shall  have  no  legal  repre- 
sentative, then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Ordinary  of  the  County 
of  Muscogee  to  make  such  selection  for  such  owner  or  owners 
so  failing  or  refusing  or  unable  to  make  the  same  as  aforesaid, 
provided,  that  said  City  of  Columbus  by  its  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  shall  give  notice  to  said  Ordinary  that  such  owner  or 
owners  fail  or  refuse  to  act  as  aforesaid,  or  is  an  insane  person, 
lunatic,  idiot  or  minor  or  is  under  disability  from  any  other 
cause  whatever  and  has  no  legal  representative,  and  the  two 
Assessors  thus  selected  shall  choose  a third  Assessor  and  the 
three  Assessors  thus  selected  shall  be  sworn  to  do  justice  be- 
tween the  parties;  and  after  hearing  such  evidence  as  may  be 
offered  as  to  the  damage  done  the  owner  or  owners  of  such 
rights  of  way  or  other  property  sought  to  be  condemned  for 
the  purposes  aforesaid,  as  the  case  may  be,  they  or  a majority 
of  them  shall  assess  the  damage  and  the  value  of  the  property 
so  sought  to  be  condemned;  and  in  assessing  said  damage  the 


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said  Assessors  shall  take  into  consideration  the  increased  valua- 
tion of  said  property,  if  any,  by  reason  of  the  construction  and 
building  of  any  of  the  public  works  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  say  in 
writing  what  sum  said  City  of  Columbus  shall  pay  for  the  rights 
of  way  and  for  other  property  sought  to  be  condemned  by  it; 
and  they  shall  file  their  award  within  ten  days  after  it  is 
made  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Muscogee 
County,  and  said  Clerk  shall  record  the  same,  such  award  shall 
have  all  the  force  and  effect  of  a judgment  or  decree  rendered 
by  the  Superior  Court  of  said  county.  Said  award  shall  be 
made  in  writing,  shall  specify  the  amount  to  be  paid,  and  desig- 
nate the  right  of  way  or  property  condemned.  Either  party 
dissatisfied  with  the  award  shall  have  the  right  to  appeal  to  the 
Superior  Court  by  giving  written  notice  to  the  other  party 
within  ten  days  after  the  award  has  been  filed,  and  entering  an 
appeal  in  writing  to  the  Superior  Court.  In  case  the  owner  of 
the  land  is  under  a disability  as  provided  in  this  section,  and 
without  legal  representative  the  Ordinary  of  Muscogee  County 
may  give  the  notice  for  such  disabled  person,  and  in  the  same 
manner  service  in  a similar  case  may  be  given  to  the  Ordinary 
when  the  City  of  Columbus  may  enter  an  appeal,  and  the  issue 
shall  be  made  on  such  appeal  and  tried  in  the  Superior  Court" 
as  cases  at  common  law,  with  the  right  of  either  party  to  carry 
the  same  before  the  Supreme  Court.  The  entering  of  an  appeal 
shall  in  no  case  hinder  or  delay  the  construction  and  building 
of  any  of  the  public  works  aforesaid,  and  the  same  may  proceed 
from  the  time  the  award  in  such  condemnation  is  fded  in  the 
office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court,  but  before  the  com- 
mencement of  said  work  tender  shall  be  made  of  the  amount  of 
such  award. 

In  the  event  the  City  of  Columbus  is  not  dissatisfied  with 
said  award,  said  City  of  Columbus  shall  pay  to  the  Clerk  of  the 
Superior  Court  the  sum  so  found  to  be  due  by  said  Assessors. 
If  the  City  of  Columbus  is  dissatisfied  and  the  appeal  is  entered 
by  the  said  City  of  Columbus,  it  shall  give  bond  with  security 
for  the  payment  of  the  amount  adjudged  to  be  due  by  it  on  the 
final  hearing  of  said  case.  Should  no  appeal  be  entered  within 
ten  days  and  the  City  of  Columbus  should  fail  or  refuse  to  pay 


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the  amount  of  the  award,  and  should  proceed  with  the  work 
or  in  occupying  the  land  sought  to  be  condemned  as  aforesaid, 
then  the  Clerk  upon  application  of  the  owner  or  Ordinary,  where 
he  is  authorized  to  act,  issue  execution  on  said  award,  and  pro- 
ceedings shall  be  had  thereon  as  in  cases  of  judgments  and 
executions  in  the  Superior  Court  of  Muscogee  County.  But  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  have  the  right  after  said  award  is  filed 
to  abandon  said  right  of  way  or  property  so  sought  to  be  con- 
demned in  the  event  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said 
city  should  consider  that  the  sum  found  to  be  due  would  in  their 
judgment  make  said  right  of  way  or  land  sought  to  be  condemned 
too  expensive  to  said  city.  But  in  such  event  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus shall  pay  all  costs  of  said  award.  All  sums  collected  by  the 
Ordinary  of  Muscogee  County  for  persons  unrepresented  and 
laboring  under  any  of  the  disabilities  contemplated  as  aforesaid, 
shall  be  held  by  him  for  the  use  of  such  persons,  and  he  shall 
cause  proper  legal  representatives  of  such  persons  to  be  made; 
and  the  amount  received  shall  be  held  and  treated  as  a part  of  the 
estate  of  such  disabled  person  or  persons.  And  in  all  cases 
the  right  of  way  or  title  to  the  property  condemned  shall  rest 
and  remain  in  the  City  of  Columbus  according  to  the  terms  of 
the  award  unless  said  city  should  decline  to  accept  the  same. 

SEC.  52. — Columbus  Waterworks. — Be  it  enacted  by  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted 
by  the  authority  of  the  same , That  the  charter  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  in  Muscogee  County,  be  and  the  same  is,  hereby 
amended  as  follows:  That  said  City  of  Columbus  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  construct,  build,  maintain,  own 
and  operate  a system  of  waterworks,  in  any  manner  and  to  any 
extent  that  may  be  needful  for  the  present  and  future  use  and 
requirements  of  said  City  of  Columbus;  that  said  city  shall  have 
the  power  to  acquire  and  hold  property,  both  real  and  personal, 
that  may  be  necessary  or  appropriate  for  affording  a complete 
and  sufficient  supply  of  reasonably  pure  water  for  its  own  use 
and  the  use  of  the  inhabitants  thereof,  whether  the  same  be 
located  within  the  limits  of  said  city  or  elsewhere,  including 
the  ownership  of,  and  the  dominion  over,  in  whole  or  part,  of  the 
watershed  or  watersheds  from  which  the  water  to  be  supplied  is 


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gathered,  however  large  the  tract  of  land  may  be  that  is  requisite 
for  that  purpose. 

SEC.  53. — Water  Supply. — Be  it  enacted  by  the  authority  afore- 
said, That  the  said  city  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  make 
or  cause  to  be  made  such  examinations  and  surveys  for  the 
proposed  system  of  waterworks  contemplated  by  this  Act  as  shall 
be  necessary  or  proper  to  the  selection  of  the  most  advantageous 
location  or  locations,  site  or  sites,  watershed  or  watersheds, 
right  or  rights,  way  or  ways,  for  the  location  of  said  works  and 
the  necessary  apparatus,  appliances  and  equipment  therefor,  and 
for  bringing  the  water  from  the  source  of  supply  to  and 
distributing  it  in  said  city. 

SEC.  54. — Waterworks.  Construction  of.  (Acts  of  1902,  p. 
370.)  (Amended  Acts  of  1905,  p.  727.) — Be  it  further  enacted, 
That  said  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  the  power  and  authority 
to  construct  its  works,  and  build  such  dams,  canals,  raceways 
and  reservoirs  as  may  be  necessary  for  conveying  and  con- 
taining its  water,  and  the  laying  of  such  pipes,  conduits  and 
mains  into  and  through  said  city  as  may  be  necessary  and  appro- 
priate for  the  distribution  of  said  water  for  private  and  public 
use;  shall  have  the  power  to  use  and  employ  for  the  purpose 
of  said  system  of  waterworks  any  stream  or  streams  of  water, 
watercourse  or  watercourses,  or  any  part  of  such  water  or 
waters  which  shall  be  deemed  necessary  and  appropriate;  and  to 
use  such  water  or  waters  by  employing  the  same  for  power  to 
run  or  move  the  necessary  machinery  or  for  pumping  through 
the  pipes  and  mains  and  making  distribution  thereof  over  said 
city,  and  generally  to  do  and  perform  all  acts  and  things  neces- 
sary for  the  construction,  equipment,  maintenance  and  operation 
of  said  system  of  waterworks,  and  the  distribution  of  its  water 
as  may  be  requisite  and  proper  to  carry  into  effect  the  object, 
scope  and  purposes  of  this  Act. 

SEC.  55. — Pipes  and  Mains. — Be  it  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  said  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  the  power  in 
the  construction  of  said  system  of  waterworks  and  in  making 
distribution  of  its  water,  to  lay  its  pipes  and  mains  under  and 
along  any  street  or  streets  of  said  city,  or  under  and  along  any 
road  or  highway  of  this  state;  and  should  it  be  necessary,  to 


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cross,  occupy  and  appropriate  with  its  works,  pipes  and  mains 
such  streets  and  highways,  or  any  part  thereof,  and  shall  have 
the  right  to  use  the  ground  or  soil  under  any  road,  railroad, 
highway,  street,  lane,  alley  or  court  within  this  state  for  the 
purpose  of  laying  its  pipes,  conduits  and  mains,  and  constructing, 
enlarging  and  improving  any  of  the  work  contemplated  by 
virtue  of  this  Act,  provided,  however,  that  said  city  shall  not  per- 
manently injure  any  such  railroad,  highway,  street,  lane,  alley  or 
court  and  the  same  be  restored  to  its  original  condition  and  all 
damages  thereto  to  be  repaired;  that  said  City  of  Columbus  shall 
have  the  power  to  lease,  buy,  take  and  condemn  any  property, 
real  or  personal,  in  this  state,  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
location,  construction,  operation  and  security  of  said  works; 
said  city  first  making  and  paying  just  and  adequate  compensation 
therefor,  as  by  law  provided,  when  private  property  is  taken 
for  public  use. 

SEC.  56. — Rights  and  Remedies. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  rights  and  remedies  of  said  city  and 
all  persons,  firms,  or  corporations  whose  property,  franchises, 
easements  or  rights  said  city  may  seek  to  condemn  or  appro- 
priate for  the  purpose  herein  contemplated,  shall  be  in  accord- 
ance with,  and  subject  to  the  provisions  set  forth  and  embodied 
in.  Sections  4657  to  4686,  inclusive,  of  the  Code  of  Georgia  for 
1895,  and  the  several  acts  of  the  General  Assembly  amendatory 
thereof. 

SEC.  57. — Water  Rates. — Be  it  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  said  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  the  right  and 
power  to  supply  and  furnish  its  water  to  private  consumers, 
either  for  motive  power  or  for  drinking,  sanitary  and  domestic 
purposes,  charging  such  rates  therefor  as  in  the  judgment  of 
the  corporate  authorities  is  reasonable  and  just. 

SEC.  58. — Waterworks  Bonds. — Be  it  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect  the 
objects  of  this  Act,  the  said  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  the 
power  to  make  any  contract  or  contracts  or  incur  any  obligation 
or  obligations  upon  the  means  and  resources  of  said  city  not 
repugnant  to  the  Constitution  of  this  state,  and  shall  have 
the  right  to  issue  and  sell  its  bonds  when  so  authorized  in  the 
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manner  provided  by  law  for  the  purpose  of  raising  and  supply- 
ing the  necessary  means  to  accomplish  the  aims  and  objects  of 
this  Act. 

SEC.  59. — Board  of  Water  Commissioners. — Be  it  enacted 
by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  before  the  said  City  of 
Columbus  shall  commence  the  construction  of  said  system  of 
waterworks,  and  before  the  issue  and  sale  of  any  of  its  bonds 
for  that  purpose,  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city 
at  any  regular  meeting  thereof,  shall  elect  in  the  same  manner 
as  other  officers  of  said  city  are  elected,  a Board  of  Commis- 
sioners, to  be  known  as  the  “Board  of  Water  Commissioners,” 
who  shall  have  the  supervision  and  control  of  the  building,  con- 
struction, operation  and  management  of  said  waterworks  system. 
The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  shall  fill  all 
vacancies  that  may  occur  in  said  Board  at  any  regular  meeting 
of  Council  after  such  vacancy  may  exist,  and  that  said  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners  shall  consist  of  five  persons,  one  of  whom 
shall  be  the  Mayor  of  said  city,  who  shall  be  an  ex-officio 
member,  and  four  other  persons  all  of  whom  shall  be  free- 
holders and  citizens  of  the  City  of  Columbus  and  qualified  by  law 
to  vote  at  elections  for  the  selection  of  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  of  said  city. 

SEC.  60. — Election  and  Official  Term  of  Commissioners. — Be  it 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  term  of  office  of 
each  member  of  said  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  shall  be 
four  years,  except  the  members  of  the  first  Board  to  serve;  that 
the  first  election  for  members  of  said  Board  shall  be  held  at  any 
regular  meeting  of  Council  after  the  qualified  voters  of  said 
City  of  Columbus  have  legally  authorized  at  an  election  held 
for  that  purpose  an  issuance  of  the  bonds  of  said  city  for  the 
purpose  of  building  and  constructing  a system  of  waterworks, 
at  which  meeting  of  Council  the  four  persons  to  constitute  the 
first  Board  shall  be  elected,  one  of  whom  shall  be  elected  to  serve 
until  the  first  day  of  January  following  said  election,  one  to  serve 
until  the  first  day  of  January  thence  next  following,  one  to  serve 
until  the  first  day  of  January  thence  next  following,  one  to  serve 
until  the  first  day  of  January  thence  next  following,  so  that  tlie 
term  of  office  of  only  one  member  will  expire  each  year;  and  as 


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the  respective  terms  of  office  of  each  member  of  said  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners  expire,  the  said  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  of  said  City  of  Columbus,  at  the  regular  meeting  of 
Council  to  be  held  in  July  of  each  year  prior  to  the  expiration 
of  the  term  of  office  of  each  member,  shall  elect  a successor  to 
the  member  of  said  Board  whose  term  expires  in  January  follow- 
ing thereafter,  who  shall  be  elected  for  the  full  term  of  four 
years,  so  that  one  member  of  said  Board  shall  be  elected  in  July 
of  each  year. 

SEC.  61. — Chairman  of  Board.  Oath  of  Commissioners. — Be 
it  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  shall  choose  from  their  number  annually  one  to 
serve  and  act  as  Chairman  of  said  Board.  The  members  of  said 
Board  of  Water  Commissioners  shall  each,  before  entering  into 
the  discharge  of  his  duties,  take  and  subscribe  to  the  following 
oath:  “I  do  solemnly  swear  that  I am  duly  qualified  to  serve 

as  a member  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  of  the  City 
of  Columbus;  that  I will,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  faithfully 
discharge  all  of  the  duties  and  obligations  devolving  upon  me 
as  a member  of  said  Board  without  fear,  favor  and  affection,  and 
as  will  subserve  the  best  interests  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  so 
help  me  God,”  which  oath  shall  be  taken  before  any  officer 
authorized  by  law  to  administer  oaths. 

SEC.  62. — Powers  of  Board. — Be  it  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  a majority  of  said  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and 
all  contracts,  engagements,  acts  and  doings  of  said  Board  within 
the  scope  of  their  duty  or  authority,  shall  be  obligatory  upon  and 
be  considered  in  law  as  if  done  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  of  said  City  of  Columbus.  Said  Board  shall  have  the 
power  and  authority  to  make  rules  and  regulations  for  the  con- 
duct of  its  affairs,  and  shall  keep  a record  in  books  to  be  pur- 
chased and  kept  for  that  purpose  of  all  acts  and  doings  of  said 
Board,  which  said  books  shall  be  subject  to  examination  at 
any  time  by  persons  authorized  to  do  so  by  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city;  and  said  Board  shall  make 
reports  to  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  City  of 
Columbus  of  the  operation  and  condition  of  said  waterworks  in 


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accordance  with  any  ordinance  or  resolution  that  may  be  passed 
by  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  with  reference  to  same. 

SEC.  63. — Engineer  and  Secretary.  Contracts. — Be  it  further 
enacted , That  said  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  shall  have  the 
power  to  appoint  a competent  engineer  for  the  construction  of 
said  waterworks  system,  and  to  fix  his  compensation  while  so 
employed;  also  the  power  to  appoint  a secretary  for  said  Board, 
and  employ  such  managers,  clerks  and  laborers  as  may  from  time 
to  time  to  be  found  needful  in  building  and  constructing  said 
system  and  in  the  operation  thereof  when  completed,  and  to  fix 
their  salaries  and  compensation;  that  said  Board  may  purchase 
from  time  to  time  such  material,  machinery,  apparatus  and  appli- 
ances as  may  be  needed  in  the  building,  constructing,  maintenance 
and  operation  of  said  works;  that  all  contracts  made  by  said 
Board  for  material  or  for  construction  of  said  works,  or  any  part 
thereof,  which  shall  involve  an  expenditure  of  over  two  hundred 
dollars,  shall  be  made  in  writing,  and  of  each  contract  two  copies 
shall  be  made,  one  of  which  shall  be  deposited  with  the  Clerk 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said 
city,  and  one  to  be  retained  by  said  Board,  and  said  Board 
shall  have  the  authority  to  require  from  any  person  or 
persons,  firm  or  corporation  with  whom  they  contract, 
satisfactory  security  for  the  faithful  performance  of  said,  con- 
tract according  to  its  terms,  and  no  member  of  said  Board  shall 
be  interested  directly,  indirectly  or  remotely  in  any  contract 
relating  to  the  construction  or  operation  of  said  works. 

SEC.  64. — Use  and  Price  of  Water. — Be  it  further  enacted,  That 
said  Board  of  Commissioners  shall  regulate  the  distribution  and 
use  of  the  water  in  all  places  and  for  all  purposes  whenever 
the  same  may  be  required,  and  shall  fix  the  price  for  use  thereof 
and  the  terms  of  payment  therefor;  they  shall  erect  such 
number  of  public  hydrants  and  in  such  places  as  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  may  designate,  for  the  purpose  of 
extinguishing  fires,  watering  the  streets  and  such  other  public 
uses  as  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may  direct,  and  shall 
make  all  necessary  connection  with  pipes  and  mains  into  all 
buildings  used  by  said  City  of  Columbus  and  as  said  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  may  require.  That  said  Board  of  Water 


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Commissioners  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  require 
payment  in  advance  for  the  use  of  water  furnished  by  them  in 
or  upon  any  building,  place  or  premises;  and  in  case  prompt 
payment  shall  not  be  made  they  may  shut  off  the  water  from 
such  building,  place  or  premises,  and  shall  not  be  compelled  to 
again  supply  said  building,  place  or  premises  with  water  until 
all  arrears,  with  interest  thereon,  shall  be  fully  paid.  That  said 
Board  shall  have  the  power  to  make  rules  and  regulations 
respecting  the  introduction  of  water  into  or  upon  any  premises 
and  may  regulate  the  use  thereof  in  such  manner  as  to  them 
shall  seem  necessary  and  proper;  and  the  members  of  said 
Board  and  all  engineers,  superintendents  or  inspectors  in  their 
service  and  employ  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
enter  at  all  seasonable  hours  any  building  or  other  place,  where 
said  water  is  taken  and  used,  and  when  unnecessary  waste 
thereof  is  known  or  suspected,  and  examine  and  inquire  into 
the  cause  thereof.  They  shall  have  full  power  to  examine  all 
service  pipes,  stop-cocks  and  other  apparatus  connected  with 
said  works,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether  the  same  are 
of  the  character  and  dimensions,  and  fixed  in  the  manner 
required  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  said  Board,  and  if 
necessary  the  supply  of  water  may  be  shut  off  until  the  required 
examination  is  made  and  any  alterations  and  repairs  necessary 
are  completed. 

SEC.  65. — Disbursements  by  Board. — Be  it  further  enacted, 
That  whatever  sum  or  sums  of  money  that  may  be  provided  by 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
either  from  the  sale  of  bonds  or  otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of 
building  and  constructing  a system  of  waterworks  as  herein 
provided  for,  shall  be  paid  over  to  said  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners, and  by  them  used  and  paid  out  for  that  purpose  only, 
and  should  any  sufplus  be  left  thereof  after  final  completion  of 
said  system  it  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  City 
of  Columbus,  and  by  him  used  only  for  the  payment  of  principal 
and  interest  on  any  bonds  that  may  have  been  issued  and  sold 
for  that  purpose. 

SEC.  66. — Receipts  of  Board.  Board  Subordinate  to  Mayor 
and  Board  of  Aldermen. — Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  money 


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coming  into  the  hands  of  said  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
from  water  rents  and  the  sale  of  any  apparatus  and  appliances 
or  other  property,  or  from  any  other  source,  after  paying  for 
any  necessary  extensions,  repairs  and  expenses  of  operation, 
shall  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Columbus  semi- 
annually and  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the  time  of  the  pay- 
ment of  any  principal  or  interest  that  may  become  due  on  any 
bonds  that  may  have  been  issued  for  the  purpose  of  building 
and  constructing  any  system  of  waterworks  as  is  herein  provided 
for,  and  the  same  shall  be  used  by  said  City  Treasurer  only  for 
the  purpose  of  paying  any  principal  and  interest  then  to  become 
due;  but  if  the  revenue  and  receipts  of  money  derived  from 
the  operation  of  said  waterworks  for  any  year  be  more  than  is 
sufficient  to  discharge  the  interest  and  principal  on  said  bonds 
maturing  in  that  year,  then  such  surplus  may  be  used  and 
appropriated  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city 
for  any  other  public  improvement  in  said  city  as  to  them  may 
seem  proper.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  shall  be  considered  a subordinate  branch  of  the 
City  Government  of  Columbus,  and  shall  conform  in  their  actings 
and  doings  to  all  ordinances  that  may  be  passed  by  the  Mayor 
and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  City  of  Columbus;  and  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  may 
at  any  time  remove  any  member  which  they  may  have  elected 
to  said  Board,  if  it  shall  satisfactorily  appear,  after  reasonable 
notice  to  the  parties,  and  hearing  of  the  causes  of  complaint  and 
answers  thereto,  if  any  should  be  offered,  that  the  member 
whose  removal  is  sought  has  been  guilty  of  maladministration  or 
neglect  of  the  duties  of  this  office,  that  his  removal  will  be  right 
and  proper,  and  two-thirds  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city 
shall  concur  in  such  removal. 

SEC.  67. — Compensation  of  Commissioners. — Be  it  further 
enacted,  That  the  members  of  said  Board  shall  not  receive  any 
compensation  for  their  services,  but  shall  be  paid  and  refunded 
all  reasonable  expense  which  they  may  incur  in  the  perform- 
ance of  their  duties;  that  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
said  city  shall  be  authorized,  by  and  through  a committee  of 
their  own  number,  or  by  any  person  they  may  select,  to  inspect 


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at  their  pleasure,  the  state  and  condition  of  the  works,  and 
property  thereto  belonging,  and  also  all  books  and  accounts  per- 
taining to  the  affairs  conditioned  by  them,  and  the  said  Board 
shall  give  and  furnish  them  any  reasonable  facility  and  assist- 
ance in  making  such  inspections. 

SEC.  68. — Malicious  Injury  to  Works. — Be  it  further  enacted, 
That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  maliciously  or  willfully 
divert  the  water,  or  any  portion  thereof,  from  the  works  contem- 
plated by  this  Act,  or  shall  corrupt  or  in  any  manner  render  the 
same  impure,  or  shall  destroy  or  injure  any  canal,  aqueduct, 
pipe,  conduit,  main,  machinery  or  other  property  used  or 
required  for  procuring  or  distributing  the  water,  such  person  or 
persons,  and  their  aiders  and  abettors,  shall  forfeit  to  said  Board, 
to  be  recovered  in  an  action  of  trespass,  treble  the  amount  of 
damages  besides  cost  of  suit  which  shall  appear  on  the  trial  to 
have  been  sustained,  and  all  such  acts  are  hereby  declared  to 
be  misdemeanors  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  and  the  person 
or  persons  charged  therewith,  if  found  guilty,  shall  be  punished 
as  for  a misdemeanor,  as  provided  by  law. 

SEC.  69. — Added  by  Amendment.  (Acts  1905,  p.  757-758.) — That 
the  rights,  powers  and  privileges  by  this  Act  shall  not  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  deny  to  the  corporative  authorities  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  any  rights  and  powers  they  may  now  or  did  possess 
before  the  passage  of  the  same,  to  contract  for  a water  supply 
for  its  use  and  the  use  of  its  citizens,  under  the  general  laws  of 
this  state. 

SEC.  70. — (Acts  of  1912,  p.  766.) — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  City  of  Columbus  be  and  is  hereby 
vested  with  the  power  and  authority  to  paypensions  to  policemen 
and  firemen  who  have  been  in  the  continuous  service  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  for  a period  of  not  less  than  twenty  years  and 
who  have  become  physically  and  permanently  disabled  while 
in  the  service  of  said  city;  provided,  that  the  amount  of  pension 
paid  to  policemen  shall  not  exceed  one-half  of  the  regular  pay 
of  policemen,  and  to  firemen  one-half  of  the  regular  pay  to 
firemen,  who  are  employed  in  the  regular  and  active  service 
respectively  for  said  city. 


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SEC.  71. — Be  it  further  enacted , That  the  power  and  authority 
herein  conferred  shall  be  exercised  only  by  resolution  adopted 
by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  at  a regular 
meeting,  and  a separate  resolution  shall  be  adopted  for  each 
and  every  pension  paid,  which  said  resolution  shall  state  the 
name  of  the  policeman  or  fireman  who  shall  receive  said  pension, 
the  amount  thereof  and  when  the  same  is  to  be  paid;  and  in  no 
case  shall  any  pension  be  paid  to  policemen  by  said  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  except  upon  recommendation  of  the  Police 
Commission  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  nor  shall  any  pension  be 
paid  to  any  firemen  except  upon  recommendation  of  the  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department  and  approved  by  the  Standing  Committee 
of  Council  on  Fire  Department. 

SEC.  72. — Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  power  and  authority 
herein  conferred  upon  the  City  of  Columbus  is  entirely  discre- 
tionary and  said  power  and  authority  may  or  may  not  be 
exercised  as  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may  deem 
expedient  and  proper  in  each  particular  case;  and  any  pension 
which  may  be  paid  by  the  terms  of  this  Act,  or  in  pursuance 
of  any  resolution  adopted  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen, 
may  be  revoked  and  withdrawn  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  of  said  city  at  any  time;  and  when  so  revoked  and 
withdrawn  there  shall  be  no  obligation  upon  the  part  of  the  City 
of  Columbus  to  make  any  future  payments  of  any  pension  there- 
tofore granted  or  paid  to  any  policeman  or  fireman  of  said  city. 

SEC.  73. — Debt.  How  Increased.  Proviso. — Be  it  further 
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  debt  of  the  City 
of  Columbus  shall  not  exceed  seven  per  cent,  of  the  assessed 
value  of  all  taxable  property  in  said  city,  and  it  shall  not  incur 
any  new  debt  except  for  a temporary  loan  or  loans  to  supply 
casual  deficiences  of  revenue,  which  shall  not  exceed  one-fifth 
of  one  per  cent,  of  the  assessed  value  of  the  taxable  property 
in  said  city,  without  the  assent  of  two-thirds  of  the  qualified 
voters  of  said  city.  And  the  City  of  Columbus  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  empowered  to  increase  its  debt  and  make  issue  and  sell 
its  bonds  to  an  amount  equal  to  the  difference  between  the 
amount  of  the  whole  debt  (bonded  and  floating)  of  said  city, 
and  such  an  amount  as  would  be  seven  percentum  of  the  assessed 


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value  of  all  taxable  property  in  said  city  at  the  time  of  the 
issue  of  said  bonds;  provided,  that  the  assent  of  two-thirds  of 
the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  shall  first  be  given  thereto  at 
an  election  or  elections  to  be  held;  and,  provided  further,  that 
before  or  at  the  time  such  bonds  shall  be  issued,  provision  shall 
be  made  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  for 
the  payment  of  the  principal  and  interest  of  said  bonds  within 
thirty  years  from  their  date. 

SEC.  74. — Ordinances.  Proviso. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  all  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
contained  in  the  Code  of  the  City  of  Columbus  and  adopted  by 
the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus  in  the  year 
1888,  and  all  ordinances  passed  subsequent  to  the  adoption  of 
said  Code  not  in  conflict  with  this  Act  shall  remain  in  full  force 
and  effect.  Provided,  That  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  may  at  any  time  repeal  any  ordinances 
contained  in  said  Code  or  any  ordinances  passed  by  said 
Mayor  and  Council  since  the  adoption  of  said  Code;  or  they  may 
alter  or  amend  the  same,  or  they  may  by  an  ordinance  repeal 
all  ordinances  heretofore  passed. 

SEC.  75. — Acts  of  the  General  Assembly.  Conflicting  Laws 
Repealed. — Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid, 
That  all  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  heretofore  passed  con- 
ferring any  powers  on  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  other  than  those  contained  in  this  Act,  are  not 
repealed  as  to  such  grant  of  powers,  but  the  same  shall  be 
extended  to  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city; 
but  limitations  and  restrictions  of  powers  contained  in  said 
Acts  as  are  at  variance  with  the  terms  of  this  Act  are  hereby 
expressly  repealed,  and  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
with  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 

WM.  A.  HARRIS,  Secretary  of  the  Senate. 

M.  A.  HARDIN,  Clerk  of  House  of  Representatives. 

ROB’T.  G.  MITCHELL,  President  of  the  Senate. 

CLARK  HOWELL,  Speaker  of  House  of  Representatives. 

W.  J.  NORTHEN,  Governor. 

Approved  November  29,  1890. 


ARTICLE  II. 


CITY  OFFICIALS;  THEIR  POWERS  AND  DUTIES. 
POLICE  DISTRICT. 


ARTICLE  II. 


CHAPTER  2. 


MAYOR  ANI)  MAYOR  PRO  TEM. 

SECTION  76. — General  Duties. — The  Mayor  shall  preside  at  all 
meetings  of  Council,  and  give  the  casting  vote  upon  all  questions 
and  in  the  election  of  officers  only  in  cases  of  a tie.  It  shall 
be  his  duty  to  see  that  all  laws,  ordinances,  resolutions  and 
rules  of  Council  are  observed  and  enforced  and  that  all  officers 
of  the  city  shall  faithfully  discharge  all  the  duties  required  of 
them. 

SEC.  77. — Mayor  Protem.  Election  and  Duties. — Council  shall, 
either  at  the  first  meeting  after  the  election  of  each  new  Board 
or  at  any  time  elect  from  their  body  a Mayor  pro  tempore, 
who  shall  during  the  illness  or  absence  from  any  cause  of  the 
Mayor,  act  in  his  stead,  and  be  clothed  with  all  rights,  privileges 
and  duties  of  the  Mayor. 

SEC.  78. — Mayor  Pro  Tem.  Oath  and  Compensation. — The 
Mayor  Protem  shall  take  the  same  oath  prescribed  for  the  Mayor, 
before  entering  upon  his  duties  as  such,  but  shall  receive  no 
salary  or  other  compensation  unless  specially  appropriated  by 
Council. 


CHAPTER  3. 


OFFICERS  ELECTED  BY  COUNCIL.— GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

SECTION  79. — All  officers  elected  by  the  Mayor  and  Council, 
shall  be  elected  at  the  time  provided  for  in  the  new  Charter  of 
the  City  of  Columbus  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable. 

SEC.  80. — Election  and  Qualifications. — The  election  shall,  in 
all  cases,  be  by  ballot,  and  a majority  of  the  whole  Board  neces- 
sary to  elect,  and  no  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  such  office 
except  a resident  citizen  of  this  city. 


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SEC.  81. — Salaries. — The  salaries  of  officers  shall  always  be 
fixed  before  the  election  takes  place,  and  shall  not  be  increased 
or  diminished  during  the  term  of  office. 

SEC.  82. — To  Give  Bonds. — Each  officer  of  Council,  whether 
elected  by  the  people  or  by  Council,  shall  before  entering  upon 
the  discharge  of  his  duties,  enter  into  such  bond  as  Council  may 
require,  to  be  approved  of  by  Council,  and  no  member  of  Council 
shall  ever  be  taken  as  such  surety.  Additional  sureties  or  a 
new  bond  for  a larger  amount  may  be  required  of  any  officer 
whenever  Council  may  deem  it  necessary;  and  any  officer  failing 
or  refusing  to  give  such  additional  sureties  or  new  bond  when 
required  may  be  dismissed  from  office  by  the  vote  of  a majority 
of  Council. 

SEC.  83. — May  be  Discharged  for  Cause. — For  malpractice  in 
office,  non  performance  of  duty,  or  habitual  intoxication  any 
officer  may  be  either  fined  or  discharged  from  office  by  Council. 
The  charges  against  any  such  officer  may  be  preferred  either  by 
a member  of  Council  or  any  citizen  and  shall  be  in  writing,  and 
plainly  set  forth  the  offense  and  specifications,  a copy  of  which 
shall  be  served  upon  him  at  least  three  days  previous  to  the  trial. 


CHAPTER  4. 


COMMITTEES  OF  COUNCIL.— STANDING. 

SECTION  84. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  as  soon  as 
practicable  after  the  election  of  each  new  Board  of  Aldermen, 
to  appoint  seventeen  Standing  Committees  in  the  following 
order,  do-wit: 

1.  Committee  on  Accounts  and  Contracts. 

2.  Committee  on  Bridges  and  Wharf. 

3.  Committee  on  Cemeteries. 

4.  Committee  on  City  Improvements. 

5.  Committee  on  Cisterns  and  Fire  Department. 

6.  Committee  on  Finance. 

7.  Committee  on  Gas  and  Street  Lights. 

8.  Committee  on  Hospital. 

9.  Committee  on  Market  and  Magazine. 

10.  Committee  on  Ordinances. 


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11.  Committee  on  Parks  and  Commons. 

12.  Committee  on  Police. 

13.  Committee  on  Public  Schools. 

14.  Committee  on  Sanitation. 

15.  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers. 

16.  Committee  on  Waterworks. 

17.  Committee  on  Insurance. 

SEC.  85. — The  Standing  Committees  shall  consist  of  three 
members  each.  The  Mayor  and  Council  may,  at  any  time,  alter 
the  committees,  and  make  such  changes  as  the  interests  of  the 
city  require. 

SEC.  86. — Matters  Referred  to.  How  and  When. — Any  business 
which  may  come  before  Council  concerning  the  subject  matter 
of  which  any  standing  committee  has  jurisdiction,  may  be 
referred  by  Council  to  such  committee  for  investigation  and 
report.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  standing  committee  when- 
ever required  by  Council,  or  by  the  Mayor,  or  any  member  of 
Council,  to  examine  any  matter  referred  to  such  committee  and 
to  make  a written  report  thereof  at  the  next  regular  meeting 
of  Council.  They  shall  also  examine  into  the  condition  of  the 
matters  within  their  jurisdiction  and  make  such  reports  and 
recommendations  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  necessary. 

SEC.  87. — Special  Powers. — Each  standing  committee  may 
order  necessary  and  urgent  repairs  or  work  to  any  extent  not 
exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  and  the  same  shall  be  reported  to 
Council  at  its  next  regular  meeting. 

SEC.  88. — Mayor  Ex-Officio  Member  All  Committees. — The 
Mayor  shall  be  ex-officio  Chairman  of  all  standing  committees 
and  may  call  them  together  at  any  time,  whenever  the  public 
interest  requires  it. 


CHAPTER  5. 


CLERK  OF  COUNCIL. 

SECTION  89. — General  Duties. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Clerk  of  Council  to  attend  all  meetings  of  Council;  to  record 
regularly  and  fairly  all  proceedings  of  the  same  in  a book  to  be 
kept  by  him  for  that  purpose;  and  to  keep  the  same  properly 


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indexed.  He  shall  also  keep  a book  to  be  called  the  Ordinance 
Book,  in  which  he  shall  record  all  alterations  and  amendments  to 
the  city  ordinances,  and  shall  keep  the  same  properly  indexed. 

SEC.  90. — Executions.  Licenses.  Deeds,  Etc. — He  shall  also 
keep  an  Execution  Docket,  in  which  he  shall  enter  all  executions 
issued  by  him  and  to  whom  delivered  and  when;  and  when 
the  executions  are  returned  to  office,  he  shall  enter  the  returns 
made  upon  them.  He  shall  issue  all  summonses,  processes  and 
subpoena  to  witnesses  that  may  be  necessary  in  the  enforcement 
of  the  rules,  regulations  and  ordinances  of  Council.  All  deeds, 
leases  and  other  instruments  executed  by  Council  shall  be 
attested  by  him.  He  shall  be  the  keeper  of  the  public  seal  of  the 
city  and  of  the  records  of  Council. 

SEC.  91. — Office  and  Hours  of. — He  shall  keep  his  office  at  the 
Council  chamber,  unless  specially  authorized  to  remove  the 
same  to  some  other  place,  and  shall  be  in  his  office  every  day 
(Sundays  and  holidays  excepted)  from  9 to  12  A.  M.,  and  from 
3 to  5 P.  M. 


CHAPTER  6. 


CITY  TREASURER. 

SECTION  92. — General  Duties. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Treasurer  to  receive  all  moneys  collected  by  other  officers  of 
Council  on  account  of  the  corporation,  and  to  collect  all  taxes 
due  to  the  city  within  the  time  prescribed  by  Council.  As  soon 
as  the  tax  digest  is  turned  over  to  him,  he  shall  give  notice  of 
the  fact  in  the  city  papers  and  attend  in  his  office  daily  (Sundays 
and  holidays  excepted)  from  9 A.  M.  to  2 P.  M.,  to  collect  the 
taxes  due.  At  the  expiration  of  the  time  prescribed  by  Council 
for  the  payment  of  taxes,  he  shall  furnish  a list  of  defaulters 
to  the  Clerk,  and  see  that  execution  is  issued  against  them  and 
placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Marshal  and  shall  report  the  amount 
of  tax  due  by  such  defaulters  to  Council. 

SEC.  93. — Payments.  Deposits.  Records.  Books. — He  shall 
pay  all  demands  against  Council,  when  required  to  do  so,  but  in 
no  case  shall  he  pay  any  money  to  any  person  who  is  at  the 
time  indebted  to  Council  for  any  sum,  until  a settlement  is  had, 


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without  special  authority  from  Council.  He  shall  safely  keep  all 
moneys  belonging  to  the  city  and  when  required  by  the  Finance 
Committee  or  by  Council  shall  deposit  the  same  in  bank,  in  the 
name  of  the  City  of  Columbus.  He  shall  keep  a regular  and 
fair  account  of  all  money  received,  and  from  whom,  and  all 
money  paid  out  and  to  whom,  which  said  account  shall  at  all 
times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  member  of  Council  and 
shall  make  monthly  returns  of  his  account. 

SEC.  94. — Treasurer  Board  of  School  Trustees. — The  Treasurer 
shall  be  ex-officio  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Public  Schools  of  the  city. 

SEC.  95. — Hospital  Treasurer. — The  Treasurer  is  hereby 
authorized  to  receive  and  receipt  for  all  money  due  the  City 
Hospital,  to  endorse  and  collect  all  checks,  drafts  or  money 
orders  that  may  be  made  payable  to  or  for  the  use  of  said 
hospital. 


CHAPTER  7. 


CITY  MARSHAL. 

SEC.  96. — The  Marshal  shall  be  ex-officio  member  of  the 
Board  of  City  Assessors,  and  assist  in  the  appraisement  for 
taxation  of  all  real  estate  in  the  City  of  Columbus;  he  shall 
receive  the  returns  of  all  real  and  personal  property  in  the 
City  of  Columbus  subject  to  taxation,  and  use  his  best  efforts  and 
judgment  to  see  that  all  property  subject  to  taxation  is  properly 
returned  at  its  true  value. 

The  Marshal  shall  see  that  all  persons  doing  business  in  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  register  as  required  by  the  laws  of  the 
said  city,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  March  in  each  year,  stating 
the  nature  of  the  business  in  which  they  propose  to  engage;  to  see 
that  all  license  fees  and  special  taxes  required  by  the  laws  of 
the  city  for  doing  business  therein  shall  be  paid,  or  in  the  event 
of  failure  to  pay,  the  delinquent  shall  be  summoned  to  appear 
before  the  Recorder’s  Court  to  answer  the  charge  of  doing 
business  without  a license.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
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Marshal  to  present  before  the  Recorder  proper  proof  showing 
that  the  law  requiring  the  payment  of  the  license  has  been 
violated. 

It  shall,  also,  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to  keep  a Special 
book  which  shall  contain  a list  of  all  persons  owing  taxes  or 
assessments  to  the  City  of  Columbus,  which  said  taxes  or  assess- 
ments are  past  due  and  unpaid  for  a period  of  four  months 
or  longer. 

SEC.  97. — Collections.  Money.  Executions. — He  shall  collect 
all  executions,  either  for  taxes  or  otherwise,  which  may  be 
placed  in  his  hands;  he  shall  account  to  the  Treasurer  and  pay 
over  to  him,  weekly,  all  moneys  in  his  hands  and  generally  per- 
form all  acts  required  of  him  by  any  ordinance  and  Council. 

SEC.  98. — Service  of  Process  and  Orders. — He  shall  serve  all 
notices  and  carry  all  orders  required  by  the  Mayor  and  Chair- 
men of  the  committees. 


CHAPTER  8. 


CITY  ATTORNEY. 

SECTION  99. — Duties  of. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Attorney  to  draft  all  bonds,  deeds,  contracts,  and  other  legal 
instruments  of  whatever  nature  which  may  be  required  of  him 
by  any  ordinance  or  order  of  Council,  or  by  any  committee 
thereof.  He  shall  commence  and  prosecute  all  actions  and  suits 
to  be  commenced  by  the  city  before  any  tribunal  in  this  state, 
whether  in  law  or  equity;  and  also  to  appear  in  defense  and  ad- 
vocate the  rights  and  interests  of  the  city,  or  any  of  the  officers 
of  the  city,  in  any  suit  or  prosecution  for  any  act  or  omission  in 
the  discharge  of  their  official  duties,  wherein  any  estate,  right, 
privilege,  ordinance  or  act  or  any  breach  of  any  ordinance  may 
be  brought  in  question.  He  shall  also  when  required  by  Council, 
act  as  attorney  and  counsel  for  any  officer  of  the  city  in  any 
prosecution  or  proceeding  which  may  be  instituted  by  said 
officers  for  any  breach  of  the  laws  of  this  state  or  any 
of  the  ordinances,  orders  or  by-laws  of  the  city;  and 
he  shall  in  all  matters  do  every  professional  act  inci- 


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dent  to  the  office  which  may  be  required  of  him  by  Council, 
or  by  any  committee  thereof;  and  shall  when  required,  furnish 
Council  or  any  committee  thereof,  or  any  officer  of  the  city  who 
may  require  it  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  with  his 
legal  opinion  on  any  subject  touching  the  duties. of  their  respec- 
tive offices,  or  the  rights,  duties  and  interests  of  the  city.  He 
shall  perform  such  other  duties  in  connection  with  his  office  that 
the  Mayor  may  direct. 

SEC.  100. — Compensation. — In  full  compensation  for  all  the 
services  of  said  City  Attorney,  he  shall  receive  an  annual  salary, 
to  be  determined  by  Council.  In  all  cases,  however,  when  his 
attendance  out  of  the  city  may  be  required  of  him,  his  reasonable 
traveling  expenses  shall  be  allowed  him;  and  in  all  suits  for 
the  collection  of  any  debt  or  demand  due  the  city,  he  shall 
receive  such  commission  on  the  amount  collected  as  Council  may 
allow,  not  exceeding  the  usual  commission  of  attorneys  for  . 
collections. 


CHAPTER  9. 


CITY  PHYSICIAN. 

SECTION  101. — Election.  Qualification.  Duties. — There  shall 
be  elected  at  the  same  time  other  officers  are  elected  by  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  one  City  Physician;  unless  in 
the  discretion  of  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  it  should 
be  deemed  advisable  and  by  resolution  so  declared,  to  have 
more  than  one  City  Physician  for  any  given  year;  or  to  have  one 
City  Physician  with  one  or  more  assistants  in  either  of  which 
events  there  shall  be  elected  said  officer,  or  officers  or  assistants 
as  the  case  may  be,  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner 
and  for  the  same  term  as  other  city  officers  are  elected;  except 
that  Assistant  City  Physician  may  be  elected  at  any  time  that 
a necessity  therefor  may,  in  the  judgment  of  Council,  exist,  and 
for  any  length  of  time  within  the  term  of  office  of  City  Physician. 
That  any  person  or  persons  elected  under  the  provisions  of  this 
section,  shall  go  into  the  office  on  the  first  Wednesday  after 
the  second  Saturday  of  December  of  the  year  in  which  said 


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election  occurs,  and  hold  office  for  the  term  of  two  years  or 
until  their  successors  are  duly  elected  and  qualified. 

SEC.  102. — Qualifications. — No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  hold 
office  under  this  section  either  as  City  Physician,  whether  there 
shall  be  one  or  more  incumbents  of  the  office,  or  as  assistant 
thereto,  who  is  not  a resident  of  said  city  and  also  a graduate  of 
a recognized  reputable  medical  college  and  legally  qualified  and 
licensed  to  practice  his  profession  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Georgia. 

SEC.  103. — Special  Duties. — In  addition  to  the  duties  already 
prescribed  by  law,  the  duties  of  said  City  Physician  or  Physi- 
cians as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  to  attend  professionally,  free 
of  charge,  all  persons  residing  in  said  city  or  who  may  be  in  any 
hospital,  camp  of  detention,  quarantine  station,  pest  house  or 
other  place  of  like  character  which  shall  be  under  the  charge  of 
said  city  or  established  by  said  city  or  that  may  hereafter  be 
established  by  said  city,  whether  the  same  be  inside  of  the  city 
limits  or  not;  and  to  attend  professionally  any  person  who 
may  be  temporarily  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  or  in  any  of 
the  places  above  mentioned,  who  may  require  the  service  of  a 
physician  and  who  is  unable  to  employ  and  pay  for  the  same. 

SEC.  104. — Special  Duties. — To  attend  professionally,  free  of 
charge,  all  employees  of  said  city  who  are  injured  while  in  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  required  of  them  during  the  period 
of  their  employment  by  said  city;  provided,  such  employees 
request  such  attendance. 

SEC.  105. — Special  Duties. — To  attend  professionally,  free  of 
charge,  any  and  all  persons  who  may  be  injured  upon  any  of 
the  streets  or  sidewalks  of  said  city  when  directed  so  to  do 
by  the  Mayor  or  any  member  of  the  Hospital  Committee  of 
Council. 

SEC.  106. — Reports. — To  report  at  each  regular  meeting  of 
Council,  his  or  their  actings  and  doings  as  such  City  Physician 
including  the  condition  of  the  hospital  and  other  places  of  like 
character,  as  enumerated  in  this  section,  and  the  number  and  sex 
of  inmates  and  patients  treated  therein  and  for  what  disease; 
when  received,  and  when  discharged,  and  requisitions  for  drugs 


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and  medicines  made  for  the  pauper  patients,  or  for  the  hospital 
from  date  of  last  report. 

SEC.  107. — Vaccinations.  Special  Duties. — To  vaccinate,  free 
of  charge,  all  persons  within  the  City  of  Columbus  or  any 
specified  portion  of  Muscogee  County  outside  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  whenever  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall 
by  resolution  declare  that  a necessity  for  such  vaccination  shall 
exist  and  order  it  done,  and  specify  where  the  same  shall  be 
done;  provided,  that  in  case  of  compulsory  vaccination  such  City 
Physician  shall  have  the  right  to  make  the  usual  professional 
charge  for  such  work,  in  all  cases  where  the  person  vaccinated 
does  not  claim  to  be  unable  to  pay  for  the  same. 

SEC.  108. — Absence.  Assistant  to  be  Provided. — In  the  event 
of  the  absence  from  the  city  of  any  City  Physician,  or  Assistant 
City  Physician  or  of  the  sickness  or  inability  to  discharge  the 
duties  of  his  office,  he  shall  in  either  of  such  events  at  his  own 
expense  furnish  an  acceptable  physician  who  shall  be  otherwise 
eligible  to  office  of  City  Physician  who  shall  discharge  the  duties 
required  of  the  City  Physician;  provided,  that  any  such  physician 
offered  as  a substitute  shall  be  approved  by  the  Hospital  Com- 
mittee before  entering  upon  the  performance  of  the  duties  of 
the  office.  Whenever  there  shall  be  elected  more  than  one  City 
Physician  with  one  or  more  assistants  the  Hospital  Committee 
of  Council  shall  determine  the  respective  duties  of  each,  and 
can  either  divide  the  work  among  them  by  territory  or  by  giving 
to  each  a specified  class  of  work  as  in  its  discretion  may  be 
deemed  best  and  all  persons  taking  the  office  of  City  Physician 
or  Assistant  City  Physician,  shall  take  it  subject  to  such  action 
as  said  Hospital  Committee  may  thereafter  take  under  this 
section. 

SEC.  109. — Time  of  Service. — Where  there  shall  be  elected  one 
City  Physician,  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  shall,  before 
his  election  say  by  resolution  whether  said  City  Physician  shall 
give  his  whole  time  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  said 
office,  if  he  shall  be  required  to  do  so. 

SEC.  110. — Bond  of. — The  City  Physician  or  Assistant  City 
Physician  shall  give  bond  as  other  officials  of  the  city  govern- 
ment and  conform  to  the  law  applicable  to  other  city  officials. 


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SEC.  111. — May  be  Removed  for  Cause. — Refusal  or  neglect  to 
perform  the  duties  of  the  office  of  City  Physician  or  Assistant 
City  Physician  shall  subject  the  offender  when  such  fact  has 
been  established  before  Council,  to  removal  from  office  and  loss 
of  salary  for  the  remainder  of  his  term  of  office. 

SEC.  112. — Shall  Admit  Patients  to  the  Hospital.  When. — It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Physician  to  admit  into  the  hospital 
and  attend  to  all  indigent  sick  persons  who  are  without  house  or 
home,  and  who  are  in  absolute  want  of  medical  attention,  and  the 
necessaries  of  life,  and  are  unable  to  provide  them,  and  for  whom 
no  other  provision  is  made,  either  by  the  county,  state  or  by  the 
government  of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  113. — Smallpox.  Duty  as  to. — Should  smallpox  make  its 
appearance  in  the  community,  on  his  being  notified  of  the  fact, 
it  shall  be  his  duty  to  examine  such  case  or  cases,  and  if  it  prove 
to  be  smallpox,  he  shall  immediately  notify  the  Marshal,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  have  the  person  or  persons  moved  to  the 
hospital  or  he  may  have  doubtful  cases  removed  to  a quaran- 
tine house  until  the  disease  has  developed  itself.  If  the  disease 
should  be  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  city  and  there  be  any 
danger  of  its  being  brought  into  it,  he  shall  adopt  such  precau- 
tionary measures  as  he  may  consider  necessary,  and  shall  inform 
the  Mayor  of  the  same,  who  shall  see  that  they  are  properly 
observed. 

SEC.  114. — Visits  to  Hospital  and  Qaurantine  Stations.  Office 
Hours. — He  shall  attend  upon  all  persons  needing  medical  atten- 
tion, either  in  the  hospital  or  quarantine,  except  such  persons 
should  desire  some  other  physician.  He  shall  appoint  a time, 
not  less  than  one  hour  each  day  when  he  will  meet  indigent 
sick  who  may  need  medical  advice  or  medicine,  and  who  are 
unable  to  procure  it  for  themselves,  and  shall  prescribe  for  and 
furnish  them  with  such  medicines  as  their  cases  may  require. 

SEC.  115. — Indigent  Sick.  Duties  to. — He  shall  also  visit  such 
indigent  sick  in  the  city  as  are  in  aboslute  want  of  medical 
attention  or  medicine,  and  who  are  unable  to  procure  them 
for  themselves,  and  shall  prescribe  for  and  furnish  them  with 
such  medicine  as  their  cases  may  require.  Whenever  he  has 
reason  to  doubt  whether  the  person  applying  for  advice  or 


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medicine  is  entitled  to  receive  them,  he  may  refuse  to  furnish 
either,  and  refer  such  person  to  the  Alderman  of  the  ward  in 
which  they  live,  and  he  shall  attend  upon  and  furnish  medicine 
in  all  cases  where  he  may  be  directed  to  do  so  by  the  Alderman 
of  any  ward  or  the  Council. 

SEC.  116. — Medicines. — He  shall  take  charge  of  such  stock  of 
medicine  as  shall  be  furnished  him  from  time  to  time,  upon  his 
requisition  by  the  Hospital  Committee,  and  shall  dispense  the 
same  or  cause  it  to  be  done,  without  expense  to  the  city.  He 
shall  keep  a book  to  be  called  the  “City  Prescription  Book”  in 
which  he  shall  copy  all  prescriptions  compounded  for  the  poor 
of  the  city  or  for  patients  in  the  city  hospital,  and  shall  give  the 
name,  age,  sex,  disease  and  residence  of  patients  for  whom  the 
same  is  compounded,  which  said  book  shall  be  used  as  the 
vouchers  for  stock  of  medicines  furnished  by  him. 

SEC.  117. — Record  to  be  Kept  by. — He  shall  keep  a register 
showing  in  separate  columns  the  name,  age,  sex,  disease,  dates  of 
admission,  death  or  discharge  of  each  patient  in  the  city  hospital 
which  shall  be  submitted  monthly  to  the  inspection  of  the 
Hospital  Committee. 

SEC.  118. — Vaccine  Matter  to  be  Kept  by. — He  shall  keep  a 
stock  of  fresh  vaccine  matter  on  hand,  which  shall  be  furnished 
by  the  Hospital  Committee  and  vaccinate  free  of  charge  all 
indigent  persons  who  desire  it,  and  shall  generally  make  such 
suggestions  and  recommendations  to  Council  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  for  the  preservation  of  the  health  of  the  city  and  the 
prevention  of  the  spread  of  contagious  diseases. 


CHAPTER  10. 


RECORDER. 

SECTION  119. — Creating  Office  of  Recorder. — A Recorder  shall 
be  elected  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  at  the  regular 
time  of  electing  other  city  officials,  every  two  years,  as  provided 
in  the  charter  of  said  city.  The  salary  of  said  Recorder  shall  be 
fixed  in  the  same  manner  and  at  the  same  time  that  the  salary 
of  the  Mayor  is  fixed;  and  that  he  shall  perform  all  the  duties  of 


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Recorder  of  the  City  of  Columbus  as  set  forth  in  the  charter 
and  laws  of  the  City  of  Columbus.  All  the  powers  and  duties 
prescribed  in  said  charter  shall  evolve  upon  said  Recorder  and 
he  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  terms  and  conditions  named  in 
said  charter. 


CHAPTER  11. 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PURLIC  WORKS. 

SECTION  120. — Creating  Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works  and  Defining  His  Duties. — A Superintendent  of  Public 
Works  shall  be  elected  every  two  years,  at  the  same  time  that  the 
other  officers  of  the  city  are  elected,  said  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  to  hold  office  (except  as  otherwise  provided  here- 
inafter) for  the  term  of  two  years  or  until  his  successor  is 
elected  and  qualified. 

SEC.  121. — Salary  and  Expenses. — Said  Superintendent  shall 
receive  such  salary  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Mayor  and  Roard  of 
Aldermen;  in  the  event  he  should  be  required  to  keep  a horse 
the  city  to  feed  his  horse.  His  salary  shall  not  be  increased 
or  diminished  during  the  term  for  which  he  is  elected;  and  such 
Superintendent,  before  entering  upon  his  duties,  shall  take  such 
oath  in  writing  and  make  such  bond  as  the  Mayor  and  Roard  of 
Aldermen  shall  direct. 

SEC.  122. — May  be  Discharged  or  Suspended. — The  Mayor  and 
Roard  of  Aldermen  shall  have  power  to  suspend,  discharge,  or 
remove  from  office  said  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  at 
any  time  for  any  neglect  or  failure  to  perform  his  duties  or  for 
any  other  cause  whatsoever  that  may  be  deemed  sufficient  in  the 
discretion  of  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

SEC.  123. — Salary  Suspended  on  Discharge. — In  the  event  of 
the  discharge  or  removal  from  office  of  said  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  as  provided  for  in  the  foregoing  section,  his  salary 
shall  at  once  cease  and  determine  immediately  upon  and  from 
the  time  that  he  is  notified  in  writing  by  the  Mayor  of  his 
discharge  or  removal,  and  if  said  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works  should  be  suspended  from  office  for  any  time,  his  salary 


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shall  cease  and  determine  immediately  upon  and  after  he  is 
notified  in  writing  as  aforesaid  by  the  Mayor  and  during  the 
time  of  his  suspension,  and  until  he  is  reinstated  and  re-enters 
upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  And  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty 
of  the  Mayor  to  so  notify  said  Superintendent  of  Public  Works 
of  his  discharge  or  suspension. 

SEC.  124. — Qualifications.  General  Powers. — Any  person 
shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Works 
who  may  receive  a majority  of  the  votes  of  the  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen.  Under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor  and  Committee 
on  Streets  and  Sewers,  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall 
have  general  supervision  over  the  streets,  sewers,  public  ways 
and  public  buildings  of  said  City  of  Columbus  and  shall  have 
full  charge  and  control  of  the  entire  working  force  of  said  city, 
consisting  of  laborers,  mules,  carts,  tools,  etc.,  or  any  portion 
thereof. 

SEC.  125. — Entire  Time  Shall  be  Devoted  to  Duties. — The 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall  devote  his  whole  time  and 
attention  to  the  duties  of  said  office,  as  prescribed  by  said  Com- 
mittee and  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen.  Said  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works  shall  give  his  attention  to  the  Sanitary  Inspector 
and  shall  require  said  Inspector  to  furnish  him  with  a full  list, 
giving  the  names  and  wages  of  every  laborer  and  sub-boss  under 
them;  and  said  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall  require  the 
Sanitary  Inspector  to  keep  a time  table  and  said  list  of  laborers 
and  time  table  shall  be  approved  weekly  by  said  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works  and  by  said  Superintendent  lodged  with  the 
City  Treasurer,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  settle  with  all  employees 
of  the  city  government.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Works, 
immediately  upon  entering  upon  his  duties,  shall  prepare  a table 
fixing  the  working  hours  of  all  laborers  of  the  city  and  present 
the  same  to  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  for  approval.  It 
shall  further  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works 
to  see  that  the  working  hours,  as  approved  by  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  are  strictly  carried  out  and  shall  report  to 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  in  writing  any  one  who 
refuses  to  carry  out  said  rules. 


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SEC.  126. — Under  Direction  of  Mayor  and  Council  and  Street 
Committee. — The  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall  be  under 
the  general  supervision  and  direction  of  the  Mayor  and  Council 
and  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  and  he  shall  attend  each 
regular  meeting  of  Council  and  shall  be  directly  accountable 
to  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  and  shall  make  all  his 
reports  through  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  monthly 
to  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen.  Said  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  shall,  at  each  regular  meeting  of  Council,  make 
a report  to  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  the  names  of  all 
laborers  who  may  have  been  discharged  during  the  month 
preceding,  and  cause  of  discharge  and  shall  perform  all  other 
duties  that  may  be  from  time  to  time  required  of  him  by  said 
Committee,  or  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 


CHAPTER  12. 


GENERAL  INSPECTOR. 

SECTION  127. — Office  Created.  His  Powers  and  Duties. — That 
the  office  of  “General  Inspector”  for  the  City  of  Columbus  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  created. 

SEC.  128. — Election.  Compensation.  Term  of  Office.  Oath. 
— That  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus shall,  as  soon  as  they  may  deem  advisable  after  the  adoption 
of  this  ordinance,  proceed  to  elect  by  ballot  a “General  Inspec- 
tor” for  the  City  of  Columbus,  who'  shall  hold  his  office  to  and 
including  the  31st  day  of  December,  1914,  and  until  his  successor 
is  elected  and  qualified  and  who  shall  receive  such  salary  or 
compensation  as  the  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  may  fix 
by  resolution  or  ordinance  which  said  salary  or  compensation 
shall  be  fixed  or  determined  before  his  election,  and  which  shall 
not  be  increased  or  diminished  during  his  term  or  stay  in  office 
for  which  he  was  elected;  and  the  said  person  so  elected  shall 
before  entering  upon  his  duties  take  such  oath  in  writing  and 
make  such  bond  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  as  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  direct.  He  shall  attend 
each  meeting  of  Council. 


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SEC.  129. — Election  of  Successor.  Term  of. — That  the  suc- 
cessor to  such  General  Inspector  whose  election  is  provided  for 
in  the  preceding  section  shall  be  elected  at  the  regular  meeting 
of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  held  in  July,  1914,  when 
other  officers  of  the  city  are  elected,  and  who  shall  hold  office 
for  the  term  of  two  years  beginning  January,  1915,  and  that 
regular  elections  for  such  General  Inspector  shall  be  held 
biennially,  as  other  officers  of  the  city  are  elected. 

SEC.  130. — Discharge  or  Suspension  of. — That  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  the  right  to  suspend,  discharge  or 
remove  said  General  Inspector  at  any  time  for  neglect  or  failure 
to  perform  his  duties  or  for  any  other  cause  that  may  be  deemed 
sufficient  or  proper  in  the  discretion  of  said  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen;  and  the  salary  or  compensation  shall  cease  imme- 
diately after  such  removal,  suspension  or  discharge  without 
notice  to  such  officer. 

SEC.  131. — Office  May  be  Abolished. — That  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  reserve  the  right  and  shall  have  the  power 
and  authority  to  abolish  said  office  of  General  Inspector  at  any 
time  or  may  decline  to  elect  any  such  officer  and  leave  said  office 
vacant,  for  any  term  or  portion  thereof  and  in  the  event  such 
office  is  abolished  or  said  office  left  vacant,  such  officer  then  in 
office  shall  receive  no  other  or  further  compensation  or  perform 
further  service  thereafter,  or  any  duties  pertaining  thereto. 

SEC.  132. — General  Duties. — The  duties  of  said  General 
Inspector  shall  be  to  inspect  and  approve  all  electric  wiring  and 
plumbing  and  buildings  that  are  now  or  that  may  hereafter 
be  installed  or  constructed  and  to  see  that  such  is  installed  and 
constructed  in  accordance  with  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  to 
supervise  and  check  when  required,  the  reading  of  all  meters  for 
measurement  of  water,  gas  or  electric  current  consumed  by  the 
city  and  the  inhabitants  thereof,  to  inspect  and  verify  the 
corrections  when  required,  of  all  weights  and  measures  of 
merchants  and  traders  doing  a business  in  said  city,  to  keep 
on  file  in  his  office  a full  and  complete  record  of  all  wiring 
done  as  well  as  all  permits  for  building  and  construction;  and 
shall  make  monthly  reports  to  Council,  giving  full  information 


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in  condensed  form  of  the  work  done  by  him,  and  under  his 
supervision. 

SEC.  133. — Prescribing  Fees  to  be  Charged  for  Inspection  of 
Electric  Wiring,  Plumbing  and  Building,  and  Providing  for  the 
Collection  of  Same. — Certain  fees  as  set  forth  below  shall  be 
collected  by  the  Inspector  from  the  owners  of  the  property 
inspected  and  turned  over  to  the  City  Treasurer.  Until  paid, 
the  fees  herein  prescribed  shall  constitute  a lien  on  the  property 
inspected  and  may  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  that  taxes 
are  collected  under  the  general  tax  ordinance  of  the  City  of 
Columbus : 

Electrical  Inspection. 

Minimum  charge  for  5 lights  or  less $ .50 

From  5 to  12  lights 75 

From  12  to  24  lights  1.00 

From  24  to  36  lights  1.50 

From  36  to  50  lights 2.00 

For  each  additional  12  lights 25 

For  fixtures  (1  to  4)  each 25 

For  each  additional  fixture 10 

For  each  re-inspection,  where  job  is  condemned 1.00 

Motors. 

Minimum  charge  for  1 h.  p.  or  less •$  .50 

From  1 to  5 h.  p 75 

From  5 to  15  h.  p 1.00 

For  each  additional  10  h.  p.,  or  portion  thereof .15 

Heating  units  to  be  rated  according  to  power  consumed. 

Electric  signs  on  streets  (each) 1.00 

Building  Inspections. 

From  $500  to  $1,000 $ 2.50 

From  $1,000  to  $2,000 4.00 

From  $2,000  to  $5,000 6.00 

From  $5,000  to  $10,000 7.50 

From  $10,000  to  $20,000 10.00 

For  each  additional  $1,000 • 25 

For  permit  to  use  portion  of  park  or  street 15.00 

Cost  of 'cleaning  up  street  to  be  charged  against  this  deposit 
of  $15.00  and  balance  refunded. 

Plumbing  Inspections. 

Roughing  inspection  $1.00 

Sewer  connection  inspection  50 

Both  inspections  made  at  same  trip  to  job 1.25 

For  fixtures  installed  (each)  25 

For  final  inspection  and  certificate  of  approval 1.00 

For  each  re-inspection  where  job  is  condemned 1.00 


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SEC.  134. — Office  at  Court  House. — That  for  the  purpose  of 
successfully  performing  the  work  and  duties  of  such  Inspector 
there  shall  be  provided  for  said  inspector  a suitable  office  at 
the  court  house  in  said  city  either  alone  or  in  connection  with 
others  as  may  be  provided  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
and  said  Inspector  shall  be  required  to  designate  at  least  two 
hours  of  each  day  of  the  week  for  office  hours  during  which 
said  hours  said  Inspector  shall  be  at  said  office,  unless  called 
therefrom  by  work  of  emergency  or  other  good  causes. 

SEC.  135. — Street  Committee  Shall  Direct. — That  said  Inspec- 
tor shall  he  under  the  general  direction  and  control  of  the  Street 
Committee  of  Council  and  in  connection  with  the  specific  duties 
required  of  him  as  are  enumerated  and  set  forth  in  this  chapter, 
he  shall  do  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  required 
of  him  by  Council  and  the  Committee  under  whose  supervision 
and  direction  he  may  be  placed. 


CHAPTER  13. 


STREET  OVERSEER. 

SECTION  136. — Office  Created.  Discharge  of. — A Street  Over- 
seer shall  be  appointed  by  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers 
in  conjunction  with  the  Mayor  as  ex-officio  member  of  said 
Committee  and  such  Street  Overseer  shall  be  subject  to  dis- 
charge at  any  time  in  the  discretion  of  said  Committee. 

SEC.  137. — Compensation. — The  monthly  compensation  of  said 
Street  Overseer  shall  be  suggested  by  said  Committee  and 
approved  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

SEC.  138. — Duties. — The  duties  of  said  Street  Overseer  shall  be 
to  superintend  and  direct  the  work  of  maintenance  and  repair 
of  the  streets  and  alleys  and  sewers  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
sweeping  and  sprinkling,  maintenance  of  parks  and  when  so 
directed  by  the  Committee  of  Streets  and  Sewers,  to  assist  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works  in  works  of  construction  and 
other  works  which  are  under  the  supervision  of  said  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works.  Also  said  Street  Overseer  shall  super- 


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vise  and  direct  the  care  and  maintenance  of  the  live  stock  and 
implements  of  the  City  of  Columbus  which  are  kept  at  the  city 
stables,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  required 
of  him  coming  under  the  department  of  Streets  and  Sewers. 


CHAPTER  14. 


HEALTH  OFFICER. 

SECTION  139. — Office  Created.  Term.  Compensation.  Oath. 
Bond. — The  office  of  Health  Officer  shall  be  one  of  the  offices  of 
the  City  of  Columbus.  He  shall  be  elected  by  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city  at  the  same  time  that 
the  other  officers  of  said  city  are  elected,  said  officer  to  hold  his 
office  for  the  period  of  two  years,  or  until  his  successor  is  elected 
and  qualified.  Said  Health  Officer  shall  receive  such  salary  as 
may  be  fixed  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  city 
and  the  salary  of  such  Health  Officer  shall  not  be  increased  nor 
diminished  during  the  term  of  office  for  which  he  is  elected; 
and  the  said  officer  shall  before  entering  upon  his  duties,  sub- 
scribe to  an  oath  in  writing  to  faithfully  carry  out  the  duties  of 
his  office  and  shall  make  such  bond  as  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  may  require.  He  shall  attend  each  meeting  of 
Council. 

SEC.  140. — Qualifications.  Discharge  of. — No  person  shall  be 
eligible  to  the  office  of  Health  Officer  unless  such  person  is  a 
regular  practitioner  of  medicine  or  a regular  bacteriologist, 
pursuant  to  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Georgia.  The  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  shall  have  the  right  to  remove  from  office 
any  person  elected  to  the  office  of  Health  Officer  at  any  time 
for  any  neglect  or  failure  to  perform  the  duties  required  of 
him  and  in  the  event  of  any  such  discharge  or  suspension  from 
office  the  said  Health  Officer’s  salary  shall  cease,  together  with 
all  other  benefits  accruing  therefrom. 

SEC.  141. — Under  Supervision  of  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aider- 
men.  Powers. — The  said  Health  Officer  shall  be  under  the 
general  supervision  and  direction  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 


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Aldermen  or  such  committees  as  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aider- 
men  may  direct.  The  Sanitary  Inspector,  City  Physician,  Clerk 
of  Market,  Police  and  all  other  officers  shall  report  to  said 
Health  Officer  all  such  matters  coming  to  their  attention  as  they 
may  think  demands  his  services. 

SEC.  142. — General  Duties. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Health 
Officer  to  inspect  or  cause  to  be  inspected  by  the  employees  of 
the  city,  all  dairies,  cows,  utensils  and  apparatus  used  in  dis- 
tributing milk  for  sale  in  this  city  and  shall  look  after  and  see 
that  all  milk  supplied  by  persons  engaged  in  the  sale  of  milk 
is  pure  and  to  see  that  the  same  is  distributed  in  a clean  and 
sanitary  way  and  that  all  laws,  rules  and  regulations  adopted 
by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  respecting  the  sale  of 
milk  in  the  city  are  carried  out  and  complied  with.  Also  to  see 
that  all  laws,  rules  and  regulations  that  are  now  in  force  or 
may  hereafter  be  passed  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen, 
be  enforced  and  complied  with  as  pertaining  to  slaughter 
houses  in  the  city  or  its  police  jurisdiction  and  as  to  inspection 
of  meats,  fruits,  vegetables  and  all  food  stuffs  and  to  look  after 
the  sanitary  condition  of  all  lots  when  required  and  the  pre- 
vention of  contagious  diseases  as  far  as  possible. 


CHAPTER  15. 


HOSPITAL  KEEPER. 

SECTION  143. — General  Duties. — The  Hospital  Keeper  shall 
reside  at  the  hospital,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  keep  the 
hospital  and  the  grounds  attached  thereto,  clean  and  in  good 
order.  He  shall  nurse  and  attend  upon  patients  admitted  to 
the  hospital,  and  administer  such  medicines  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed. He  shall  provide  such  diet  for  the  patients  as  the 
City  Physician  may  direct  or  approve,  and  shall  administer  all 
medicines  and  remedies  prescribed  by  said  physician.  He  shall 
observe  the  ordinances  of  Council  and  all  rules  and  regulations 
prescribed  by  the  City  Physician  and  Hospital  Committee,  and 
see  that  the  same  are  properly  enforced. 


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SEC.  144. — Salary.  Compensation.— In  case  the  Council  should 
furnish  provisions  and  hire  a cook  for  the  hospital,  he 
shall  superintend  the  preparation  of  food  for  the  patients,  and 
shall  receive  such  salary  as  Council  may  allow;  but  if  Council 
should  require  of  him  to  provide  provisions  and  have  the  same 
prepared,  then  he  shall  receive  for  his  services  such  rate  of 
board  for  the  patients  as  Council  may  allow. 

SEC.  145. — Custodian  of  Hospital  Furniture  and  Supplies. — 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Hospital  Keeper  to  take  charge 
of  all  furniture  and  supplies  belonging  to  the  city  hospital,  and 
render  a full  account  of  the  same  to  the  Hospital  Committee  upon 
his  retiring  from  office. 

SEC.  146. — Duties  at  Hospital. — He  shall  keep  in  order  the 
wards  of  the  hospital,  and  attend  to  the  washing  of  the  bedding 
and  clothing  of  patients,  preserving  cleanliness  in  both  these 
respects.  He  shall  go  after  and  administer  all  medicines  pre- 
scribed, and  prepare  such  diets  as  shall  be  ordered  by  the  City 
Physician. 

SEC.  147. — Visitors  to  Hospital.  Regulations. — He  shall  not 
admit  visitors  to  the  patients  in  the  hospital,  without  the  written 
permit  or  verbal  consent  of  the  City  Physician;  nor  allow  any 
patient  to  go  outside  of  the  inclosure  of  the  hospital  grounds, 
unless  so  ordered  by  the  medical  officer  in  charge. 

SEC.  148. — Duties  to  Patients. — He  shall  notify  the  City  Phy- 
sician immediately  of  any  sudden  illness  occuring  among  the 
patients,  and  shall  exercise  that  kindly  attention  towards  them 
due  to  the  sick. 

SEC.  149. — Reports  to  Medical  Officer. — He  shall  report  to  the 
Medical  Officer  any  misdemeanor  among  the  patients,  and  any 
want  of  respect  due  them  in  their  kindly  ministrations. 

SEC.  150. — Attention  to  Patients. — He  shall  furnish  lights  for 
the  sick  at  night  at  his  own  expense,  keep  up  necessary  fires,  and 
remove  chambers  from  the  room  when  patients  are  unable  to  go 
out  to  attend  to  the  calls  of  nature. 

SEC.  151. — Under  Direction  of  City  Physician. — He  shall  obey 
with  due  respect  all  orders  given  by  the  City  Physician 
and  treat  him  with  becoming  courtesy  in  his  official  intercourse. 


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SEC.  152.— Duty  of  the  Patients.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
patients  to  exercise  a becoming  regard  for  the  wishes  and  feel- 
ings of  the  City  Physician  and  Hospital  Keeper,  and  to  observe 
a strict  decorum  in  their  deportment.  They  must  obey  all 
instructions  for  their  recovery,  and  remain  within  the  hospital 
and  its  enclosure,  until  discharged  by  the  medical  attendant. 

SEC.  153. — Discharged  for  Cause. — For  any  violation  of  the 
rules  on  the  part  of  the  Hospital  Keeper  or  patients,  they  shall 
be  held  amenable  to  Council,  and  upon  sufficient  proof,  be  dis- 
charged from  office  and  treatment. 


CHAPTER  16. 


CLERK  OF  MARKET. 

SECTION  154. — General  Duties. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Clerk  of  Market  to  superintend  the  market  during  market  hours; 
to  collect  and  pay  over  monthly  to  the  Treasurer  all  fees,  fines 
and  penalties  accruing  in  his  department;  to  condemn  all 
unsound,  impure  and  unwholesome  provisions  brought  to  market 
for  sale,  and  to  have  them  thrown  into  the  river;  to  decide  all 
disputes  between  the  buyer  and  the  seller;  to  regulate  all 
weights  and  measures  in  the  manner  pointed  out  by  the  ordi- 
nances of  Council;  he  shall  have  the  market  house  swept  clean, 
and  the  blocks  and  stalls  therein  cleaned  every  day,  within  two 
hours  after  the  close  of  market;  and  he  shall  see  that  all 
ordinances  of  the  city  regulating  the  market  are  strictly  observed 
and  conformed  to.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  have  the  market  bell 
rung  at  least  one  minute  at  the  opening  and  closing  of  market 
hours.  He  shall  maintain  good  order  and  regularity  in  said 
market  for  which  purpose  he  is  hereby  invested  with  all  the 
power  of  a policeman;  and  he  is  furthermore  authorized  to  call 
upon  the  Marshal  or  any  policeman  to  aid  and  assist  him. 

SEC..155. — To  Require  Gates  to  Stalls  Kept  Closed. — It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Keeper  of  the  Market  to  require  the  renter  of 
each  stall  to  close  the  gate  to  his  stall  before  leaving  the  market. 

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SEC.  156. — Gates  Broken.  Penalty. — Any  person  or  persons 
breaking  a gate  with  a wagon  or  by  ill  use,  shall  be  required  to 
pay  to  the  city  the  cost  of  repairs.  Any  person  or  persons 
violating  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  five  dollars 
or  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


CHAPTER  17. 


SEXTONS. 

SECTION  157. — General  Duties.  Reports. — It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Sextons  to  superintend  the  digging  of  all  graves  and  the 
burying  of  all  dead  bodies  in  the  city.  Upon  being  notified  of  a 
funeral  he  shall  promptly  and  without  delay  make  all  necessary 
preparations  and  see  that  they  are  properly  and  punctually 
carried  out  He  shall  keep  a record  of  the  owners  of  lots  in 
the  cemetery,  and  shall  not  allow  any  corpse  to  be  buried  on 
a private  lot  without  authority  from  the  owner.  It  shall  be 
his  special  duty  to  see  that  all  the  rules,  regulations  and 
ordinances  of  Council  in  reference  to  the  cemetery  are  properly 
enforced  and  shall  report  all  violations  of  the  same.  He  shall 
keep  the  walks  and  streets  of  the  cemetery  in  good  order,  and 
shall  report  to  Council  when  any  repairs  or  other  necessary 
work  is  needed  upon  any  part  of  the  same. 

SEC.  158. — Records  to  be  Kept. — He  shall  keep  a regular  book 
of  records  containing  the  names,  ages  and  places  of  nativity 
and  diseases  of  which  they  died,  of  all  persons  interred  in  the 
cemetery,  and  shall  make  monthly  reports  of  the  same  to 
Council.  He  shall  also  keep  a record  of  the  number  of  the  lot 
in  which  persons  are  interred,  and  if  the  bodies  are  removed  to 
any  other  lot,  shall  make  a record  of  the  fact.  This  record 
shall  be  a large  and  substantial  book  and  shall  be  turned  over 
by  each  Sexton  to  his  successor  in  office,  and  shall  at  all  times 
be  subject  to  the  inspection  of  persons  desiring  to  see  the  same. 
Said  book  shall  be  furnished  at  the  expense  of  the  city.  He 
shall  receive  for  all  other  services  such  fees  as  may  be  agreed 
upon  by  the  parties. 


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SEC.  159. — Pauper  Burial. — The  Sexton  shall  not  be  allowed  to 
bury  any  person  or  persons  as  paupers,  unless  approved  by  the 
City  Physician  and  no  coffins  shall  be  furnished  except  on  cer- 
tificate of  said  officer. 

SEC.  160. — Policeman’s  Powers. — He  shall  have  full  power  of 
a policeman  so  far  as  relates  to  the  cemetery  and  shall  arrest  any 
and  all  persons  stealing  flowers,  shrubbery  or  any  other  kind 
of  ornaments  from  or  in  any  manner  mutilating  graves  in  the 
cemetery  and  report  the  same  to  the  Mayor. 

SEC.  161. — Fines  in  Mayor’s  Court. — The  Recorder  shall  fine 
all  parties  convicted  of  either  of  the  foregoing  offenses  in  a sum 
of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars;  the  Sexton  to  receive  half  of 
all  fines  collected  from  such  persons  as  he  may  arrest  and 
report. 

SEC.  162. — Consolidating  Office  of  Keeper  of  Exposition  Park 
With  the  Office  of  Sexton  of  Riverdale  Cemetery. — The  office  of 
Park  Keeper  at  the  Exposition  Park  is  hereby  consolidated  and 
united  with  the  office  of  Sexton  of  Riverdale  Cemetery,  and  the 
Sexton  of  Riverdale  Cemetery  shall  perform  and  discharge  all 
the  duties  pertaining  to  the  office  of  said  Park  Keeper  and  here- 
tofore performed  by  said  Park  Keeper  as  well  as  the  duties 
of  Sexton  of  Riverdale  Cemetery. 


CHAPTER  18. 


SANITARY  INSPECTOR. 

SECTION  163. — Sanitary  Inspector.  Office  Created.  His 
Duties.  Term.  Compensation,  Etc. — The  Mayor  and  Council 
shall,  as  provided  by  the  City  Charter,  elect  by  ballot  a Sanitary 
Inspector  for  the  City  of  Columbus  who  shall  hold  his  office 
except  as  otherwise  hereinafter  provided  for  the  term  of  two 
years  or  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified;  he  shall 
receive  such  salary  as  the  Mayor  and  Council  shall  by  ordinace 
fix,  which  salary  shall  be  determined  and  fixed  before  his 


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election  and  shall  not  be  increased  nor  diminished  during  his 
stay  in  office  within  the  term  for  which  he  shall  be  elected. 

SEC.  164. — Oath  of. — Said  Inspector  shall,  before  entering 
upon  his  duties,  take  such  oath  in  writing  and  make  such  bond 
as  the  Mayor  and  Council  shall  direct  and  said  Mayor  is  hereby 
fully  authorized  to  administer  said  oath. 

SEC.  165. — Suspended  or  Discharged.  When. — Said  Mayor  and 
Council  shall  have  power  to  suspend,  discharge  or  remove  from 
office  said  Inspector  at  any  time  for  any  neglect  or  failure  to 
perform  his  duties,  or  for  any  other  cause  whatsoever  that 
may  be  deemed  sufficient  in  the  discretion  of  said  Mayor  and 
Council. 

SEC.  166. — Salary  Ceases  on  Suspension  or  Discharge. — In  the 
event  of  the  removal  or  discharge  from  office  of  said  Inspector, 
as  provided  for  in  the  foregoing  section,  his  salary  shall  at  once 
cease  and  determine,  immediately  upon  and  from  the  time  that 
he  is  notified  in  writing  by  the  Mayor  of  his  discharge  or 
removal.  And  if  said  Inspector  should  be  suspended  from  office 
for  any  time  his  salary  shall  cease  and  determine  upon  and  after 
he  is  notified  in  writing  as  aforesaid  by  the  Mayor,  for  and 
during  the  time  of  his  suspension,  and  until  he  is  reinstated  and 
re-enters  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  and  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  Mayor  so  to  notify  said  Inspector  of  his  discharge 
or  suspension. 

SEC.  167. — Office  May  be  Declared  Vacant. — Said  office  of 
Sanitary  Inspector  may  be  filled  or  left  vacant  for  any  year  or 
any  portion  of  any  year,  in  the  discretion  of  said  Mayor  and 
Council. 

SEC.  168. — General  Duties. — The  duties  of  said  Sanitary  Inspec- 
tor shall  be  to  inspect  all  lots,  yards,  alleys  and  public  ways  of 
the  city,  and  to  see  that  they  are  kept  clean,  well-drained,  and 
in  a proper  sanitary  condition.  He  shall  have  special  charge  of 
the  garbage  and  scavenger  carts  and  other  vehicles  of  the  city; 
provided , however,  that  all  carts  and  mules  of  said  department 
are  subject  to  the  call  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works; 
and  shall  see  that  all  filth,  trash,  offal,  dead  animals  and  all 


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other  refuse  matter  and  everything  injurious  to  the  public 
health  is  promptly  removed  therefrom  and  properly  disinfected. 
It  shall  be  his  duty  from  time  to  time  and  as  often  as  may  be 
necessary,  to  inspect  every  lot  within  the  city  and  to  notify  the 
owner,  occupant  or  other  person  in  charge  thereof,  of  any 
nuisance  or  of  any  matter  thereon  calculated  to  injure  the 
public  health  and  to  direct  the  prompt  removal  of  same.  He 
shall  report  to  the  Mayor  for  his  action,  the  owner,  occupant  or 
person  in  charge  of  any  lot,  who  fails  or  refuses  within  twenty- 
four  hours  after  notice  to  remove  therefrom  any  nuisance  or 
matter  calculated  to  injure  the  public  health. 

SEC.  169. — May  Enter  on  Private  Property. — In  cases  of  such 
failure  or  refusal  on  the  part  of  the  owner,  occupant  or  person  in 
charge,  the  Sanitary  Inspector  is  hereby  authorized  to  enter 
upon  the  premises  and  place  the  same  in  a sanitary  condition. 

SEC.  170. — Cost  to  be  Borne  by  Owners. — All  costs  incurred  by 
said  Sanitary  Department  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter 
shall  be  defrayed  by  the  owners  of  such  property  which  is  so 
cleaned  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Sanitary  Inspector  to 
certify  to  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  an  itemized  bill  of  all 
materials  used  and  work  done  by  him  and  the  costs  thereof  and 
the  name  of  the  owner  of  the  property,  and  said  Clerk  shall 
issue  execution  for  all  the  costs  so  incurred  against  such  owner, 
which  execution  shall  be  collected  as  other  executions  in  favor 
of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

SEC.  171. — Inspection  of  Meats  and  Vegetables.  Seizure  of 
Impure  Foods. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Sanitary  Inspector 
to  inspect  daily  the  meat,  fish,  sausage,  vegetables  and  other 
articles  of  food  offered  for  sale  at  the  city  markets,  and  to 
promptly  condemn  and  seize  any  such  articles  of  food  as  may  be 
found  tainted  or  unfit  for  food,  and  to  report  the  person  or 
persons  so  offering  for  sale  any  such  article  to  the  Health 
Officer,  and  he  shall  make  a like  seizure  and  report  when  any 
such  tainted  or  unfit  articles  of  food  come  under  his  observa- 
tion when  offered  for  sale  in  wagons  or  elsewhere  in  said 
city. 


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SEC.  172. — Sugar,  Flour,  Groceries  Inspected.  When. — It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  said  Inspector  at  any  time  upon  order  from  the 
Mayor,  to  inspect  sugar,  flour,  meal  and  other  groceries  offered 
for  sale  in  the  stores  of  said  city,  and  to  report  any  unwhole- 
some adulteration  of  the  same  in  writing  to  the  next  meeting 
of  said  Mayor  and  Council. 

SEC.  173. — Old  Clothing  to  be  Inspected. — It  shall  also  be  the 
duty  of  said  Inspector  to  carefully  inspect  all  second  hand 
clothing  exposed  or  offered  for  sale  by  any  person  or  persons 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  Columbus  and  to  see  that  said 
clothing  is  accompanied  by  the  proper  certificate  from  the 
proper  sanitary  officers,  as  prescribed  by  the  Acts  of  the  Georgia 
Legislature,  and  approved  October  15,  1885 — (1884-5,  p.  137)  and 
to  promptly  report  any  neglect  or  failure  to  comply  with  the 
requirements  of  said  Act,  such  report  to  be  made  in  writing  to 
the  Mayor. 

SEC.  174. — To  Enforce  Sanitary  Laws  and  Ordinances. — It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Inspector  to  see  that  all  sanitary  ordi- 
nances of  the  City  of  Columbus  now  of  force  or  that  may  here- 
after be  adopted,  are  strictly  enforced  and  fully  complied  with, 
and  he  shall  perform  all  other  duties  that  may  be  required  of 
him  by  the  said  Mayor  and  Council  and  by  the  Board  of  Health 
of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

SEC.  175. — Monthly  Reports. — The  said  Sanitary  Inspector 
shall  make  a monthly  report  in  writing  to  each  regular  monthly 
meeting  of  said  Mayor  and  Council,  setting  forth  his  actings  and 
doings  and  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  city. 

SEC.  176. — Under  Supervision  of  Mayor  and  Board  of  Health. 
— Said  Inspector  shall  be  under  the  immediate  supervision  and 
control  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Health  of  the  city.  He  shall 
act  under  the  direction  of  the  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Health, 
shall  receive  his  orders  from,  and  make  his  reports  directly  to 
them,  and  shall  report  to  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Health  in 
writing,  on  any  subject  or  matter  connected  with  his  office  when 
required  to  do  so  by  said  Mayor  and  Board  of  Health,  and  as 
often  as  they  may  direct. 


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CHAPTER  19. 


PORT  WARDENS.— WHARF. 

SECTION  177. — Election  of.  Qualifications. — There  shall  be 
elected  by  the  Mayor  and  Council  at  the  same  time  other  officers 
are  elected  by  the  Mayor  and  Council,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
convenient,  five  competent  persons,  to  act  as  Port  Wardens  of  the 
city. 

SEC.  178. — Duties. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Port  Wardens, 
whenever  called  upon,  to  make  a survey  or  surveys  upon  any 
steamboat,  box  or  barge  or  any  other  water-craft  navigating 
the  Chattahoochee  River,  and  also  of  all  goods,  wares,  and  mer- 
chandise which  are  alleged  to  have  been  damaged  or  injured 
upon  any  such  steamboat,  box  or  barge  or  other  water-craft,  and 
furnish  such  person  so  applying  with  a certificate  of  such  survey 
signed  by  them  as  Port  Wardens. 

SEC.  179. — Records.  Powers.  Oath. — Said  Port  Wardens 
shall  keep  a complete  record  of  all  surveys  made  by  them  and 
all  their  action  had  therein;  and  said  record  shall  be  kept  by  the 
Clerk  of  Council  in  the  Council  Chamber,  and  shall  be  open  for 
inspection  at  all  times,  by  any  and  every  person  interested 
therein;  and  whenever  required  to  do  so,  said  Port  Wardens  shall 
furnish  a certified  copy  of  said  record.  A majority  of  said  Port 
Wardens  shall  be  sufficient  to  constitute  a Roard  for  the  tran- 
saction of  business.  Refore  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  their 
duties,  the  said  Port  Wardens  shall  take  the  following  oath  in  the 
presence  of  the  Mayor,  “I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I 
will  make  a true  and  just  survey  of  all  and  every  article  or  thing, 
when  called  upon  to  do  so,  and  shall  assess  the  damages  at  a 
true  and  fair  valuation;  and  that  I will,  whenever  required, 

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furnish  a correct  certificate  of  each  survey  made  by  me.  So 
help  me  God.” 

SEC.  180. — Fees  of. — The  fees  of  Port  Wardens  shall  be: 


For  surveying  a steamboat $5.00 

For  surveying  a barge 1.00 

For  surveying  a box  or  other  craft 1.00 

For  surveying  damaged  goods,  each  survey 6.00 

For  each  certified  copy  of  survey 1.00 


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SEC.  181. — Power  Over  Wharf. — Any  person  failing  or  refus- 
ing to  remove  any  article  or  thing  deposited  upon  the  wharf, 
within  a reasonable  length  of  time  after  being  notified  to  do  so 
by  the  wharfinger,  shall  be  fined  $20.00  and  the  wharfinger  may 
cause  the  same  to  be  removed  and  stored  at  some  secure  place 
at  the  expense  of  the  owner  of  the  same. 

SEC.  182. — Drays  at  Wharf.  Regulations. — All  drays,  carts  or 
wagons  working  or  hauling  to  or  from  the  wharf  shall  be 
regulated  in  their  positions  by  the  wharfinger,  and  for  failing 
or  refusing  to.  obey  such  regulations,  the  owner  or  driver  there- 
of may  be  fined  twenty  dollars;  provided,  the  Recorder  may 
remit  the  penalty  if  he  should  be  of  the  opinion  that  such  regu- 
lation was  necessary,  or  the  party  was  not  allowed  an  equal  and 
fair  privilege  on  the  wharf  with  other  persons. 

SEC.  183. — Port  Dues. — Port  dues  every  twenty-four  hours  on 
steamboat,  $5.00;  port  dues  every  twenty-four  hours  on  barge, 
$1.00;  port  dues  every  twenty-four  hours  on  box,  $1.00;  port  dues 
on  steamboat  during  the  months  of  July,  August  and  September 
for  each  landing,  $5.00;  provided,  that  steamboats  making 
pleasure  excursions  be  exempt  from  port  dues  for  such  trips. 


CHAPTER  2 0. 


BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

SECTION  184. — Board  of  Health.  Their  Powers,  Number  and 
Qualifications. — (a)  There  shall  be  at  the  time  of  the  election 
of  other  officers  of  said  city  appointed  by  the  Mayor  and  Council, 
eight  citizens,  who  shall  be  physicians,  if  possible,  who  shall 
constitute  a Board  of  Health,  and  who  shall  go  into  office  im- 
mediately upon  election,  and  hold  office  for  two  years  from 
election,  or  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified,  and 
shall  have  the  right  to  elect  a chairman.  The  City  Physician 
and  Health  Officer  shall  be  ex-officio  members.  The  Board  shall 
have  the  services  of  the  Clerk  of  Council  when  required,  and 
keep  a journal  of  their  proceedings  which  may  at  all  times  be 
examined  by  the  Mayor  and  Council. 


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SEC.  185. — General  Duties. — The  members  of  the  Board  shall 
inspect  their  wards  carefully  twice  each  month,  from  May  till 
November,  and  once  a month  for  the  balance  of  the  year,  visiting 
all  localities  suspected  of  being  unhealthy  or  exposed  to  disease. 
They  shall  suggest  to  the  Mayor  and  Council  such  measures  as 
they  think  fit  to  preserve  the  health  of  the  city,  and  especially 
to  prevent  the  introduction  and  spread  of  contagious  and  infec- 
tious diseases,  and  prevent  or  regulate  business  or  callings 
prejudicial  to  the  public  health  and  comfort.  They  shall  also 
consider  and  report  upon  all  such  matters  as  shall  be  referred  to 
them  by  the  Mayor  and  Council,  and  make  monthly  reports  of 
their  proceedings. 

SEC.  186. — Powers  and  Authority.  Reports  by. — The  members 
of  this  Board  are  hereby  invested  with  public  authority  in  the 
performance  of  their  duties.  They  may  require  deleterious  or 
offensive  matter,  wherever  found  to  be  removed  beyond  the 
limits  of  the  city;  and  they  may  require  yards,  cellars  and 
premises  when  they  think  it  important  to  the  health  of  the 
neighborhood,  to  be  cleaned  and  limed  by  the  occupant,  and 
if  unoccupied,  by  the  owner  of  such  premises.  They  shall  report 
to  the  Recorder’s  Court,  through  the  Clerk,  all  offenses  against 
the  health  of  the  city,  and  all  persons  who  fail,  after  five  days’ 
notice,  written  or  verbal,  to  remove  deleterious  matter,  or  to 
clean  and  lime  their  premises,  shall  be  fined  at  the  discretion 
of  the  Recorder,  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars, 
unless  the  Recorder  is  notified  of  the  inability  of  the  parties  to 
comply  with  the  orders  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

SEC.  187. — Health  Regulations.  Ashes.  Garbage.  Penalty. — 
No  person  shall  deposit  or  cause  to  be  deposited  in  any  street, 
public  or  private  alley,  any  filth,  garbage,  ashes,  rubbish  or  any 
such  thing,  under  the  penalty  of  being  fined  not  less  than  five 
nor  more  than  twenty  dollars,  and  each  day  any  such  deposit 
remains  shall  be  a distinct  offense. 

SEC.  188. — Hog  Pens. — No  hog  or  pig  shall  be  kept  on  any  lot 
where  the  Board  of  Health  shall  consider  the  presence  of  such 
hogs  or  pigs  deleterious  or  offensive  to  the  neighborhood.  Any 
person  violating  the  requirements  of  this  section;  shall  pay  a fine 


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of  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  dollars,  and  such  hogs 
or  pigs  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city. 

SEC.  189. — Board  May  Employ  the  Street  Overseer  and  Street 
Hands. — Whenever  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board,  it  shall  be  neces- 
sary the  Board  may  require  the  services  of  the  Street  Overseer, 
carts  and  hands,  to  clean  particular  localities  and  may  make 
requisitions  on  the  city  for  lime  to  be  distributed  in  such 
localities. 

SEC.  190. — Residents  to  Keep  Premises  Clean. — The  occupant 
of  any  house  or  lot  shall  cause  all  garbage  and  decayed  or 
refuse  offensive  matter  to  be  put  in  boxes  or  barrels  in  the  most 
convenient  place  on  such  lot  for  removal,  under  a penalty  of  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  dollars.  The 
Mayor  and  Council  shall  appoint  the  way  in  which  such  removal 
shall  be  made,  and  the  day  or  days  upon  which  the  Sanitary 
Inspector  and  city  carts  shall  remove  the  contents  of  said  boxes 
or  barrels. 

SEC.  191. — Nuisances  to  be  Reported  to  Board. — Whenever  any 
citizen  shall  report,  in  writing,  to  the  Board  of  Health,  the 
existence  in  his  neighborhood,  of  any  nuisance  or  anything  in 
violation  of  this  chapter,  they  shall  be  required  to  take  immedi- 
ate cognizance  of  it  and  apply  the  *remedy,  as  provided  in  this 
chapter. 

SEC.  192.— No  Compensation. — The  members  of  the  Board  of 
Health  shall  have  no  salary. 


CHAPTER  21. 


COMMITTEE  ON  SANITATION.— SPECIAL  DUTIES. 

SECTION  193. — Defining  Duties  of  Committee  on  Sanitation. — 
The  duties  of  the  Committee  on  Sanitation  shall  be  as  follows: 
1.  To  see  that  all  lots,  yards,  streets,  alleys  and  public  ways  of 
the  city  are  kept  clean,  well-drained  and  in  proper  sanitary 
condition;  to  supervise  the  work  of  the  garbage  and  scavenger 
carts,  and  other  vehicles  of  the  city  used  for  sanitary  purposes; 
and  to  see  that  all  filth,  offal,  dead  animals  and  all  other  refuse 


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matter,  and  everything  injurious  to  the  public  health  be  promptly 
removed  from  said  city  by  the  Sanitary  Inspector,  and  that  said 
city  be  kept  from  all  things  that  may  be  injurious  to  public 
health. 

2.  It  shall  be  their  duty  to  require  the  Sanitary  Inspector  as 
often  as  may  be  necessary  to  inspect  every  lot  within  the  city, 
and  to  notify  the  owner,  occupant,  or  person  in  charge  thereof 
of  any  nuisance,  or  of  any  matter  thereon  calculated  to  injure  the 
public  health,  and  to  require  said  Sanitary  Inspector  to  notify  the 
owner,  occupant  or  person  in  charge  of  said  lot  to  remove  there- 
from all  matter  that  may  be  deemed  injurious  to  the  public 
health. 

3.  The  said  Committee  shall  also  require  the  Sanitary  Inspec- 
tor to  supervise  all  articles  offered  for  sale  at  the  city  markets 
and  whenever  necessary  said  Committee  is  hereby  authorized 
through  its  Sanitary  Inspector  to  see  that  all  articles  of  food  that 
may  be  found  tainted  or  unfit  for  use,  shall  be  condemned  and 
removed  from  the  market  by  said  Sanitary  Inspector. 

4.  It  shall  be  their  duty  to  see  that  all  sanitary  ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Columbus  that  are  now  of  force,  or  that  hereafter 
may  be  adopted  are  strictly  enforced  and  fully  complied  with  by 
the  citizens,  and  that  all  duties  required  of  the  Sanitary  Inspec- 
tor shall  be  done  and  performed  by  him. 

5.  It  shall  be  their  duty  to  see  that  all  carts,  vehicles  and 
live  stock  used  by  the  city  in  sanitary  work  are  preserved  and 
kept  in  sound  condition,  and  to  report  all  accounts  for  work 
done,  and  all  expenses  incurred  by  the  Sanitary  Inspector  and 
others  in  carrying  out  all  ordinances  passed  for  sanitary  pur- 
poses. 

6.  Said  Committee  shall  make  monthly  reports  of  their  acts 
and  doings  in  the  premises  as  well  as  full  and  accurate  reports 
of  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  City  of  Columbus  and  also  to 
require  as  often  as  they  may  deem  necessary,  full  reports  from 
the  Sanitary  Inspector  touching  all  matters  connected  with  the 
sanitary  department  of  the  city. 

7.  Said  Committee  shall  have  immediate  supervision  and  con- 
trol of  the  Sanitary  Inspector,  who  shall  at  all  times,  act  under 


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the  direction  of  said  Committee,  and  shall  make  all  reports  to 
them  on  any  subject  or  matter  connected  with  his  office,  when 
required  to  do  so  by  said  Committee. 

8.  Said  Committee  shall  have  entire  control  of  all  carts, 
vehicles  and  live  stock  used  by  the  city  in  sanitary  work;  and 
whenever  in  their  judgment,  more  carts,  vehicles  or  live  stock 
are  needed  for  sanitary  work,  said  Committee  shall  report  the 
same  to  Council. 

9.  Said  Committee  shall  confer  as  often  as  may  be  necessary 
with  the  Board  of  Health  of  said  city  and  shall  unite  with  said 
Board  of  Health  in  preserving  the  good  health  of  the  city,  and 
shall  use  all  proper  means  which  their  own  judgment  as  well 
as  that  of  the  Board  of  Health  shall  suggest  for  the  purpose  of 
preserving  the  health  of  the  city. 

10.  Said  Committee  shall  supervise  all  plumbing,  relative  to 
sewers  and  house  connections,  enforce  quarantine  regulations 
and  see  to  and  enforce  the  proper  drainage  of  lots  in  the  City 
of  Columbus. 

11.  Said  Committee,  whenever  in  their  judgment  the  same  is 
necessary,  shall  have  all  sewers  in  said  city  properly  flushed, 
and  report  the  same  to  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  Council. 


CHAPTER  2 2. 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 

SECTION  194. — Mayor  Shall  be  Ex-Officio  Member  of  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Public  Schools. — The  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
shall  be  and  he  is  hereby  made  an  ex-officio  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Public  Schools  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
and  said  Mayor  shall  by  virtue  of  his  office  as  Mayor,  be  a mem- 
ber of  said  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Public  Schools,  and  shall 
exercise  all  the  rights,  power  and  duties  as  such. 

SEC.  195. — Number.  Terms.  Qualifications.  Elections. — In 
order  not  to  increase  the  number  of  Trustees  of  said  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Public  Schools  by  the  addition  of  the  Mayor  of 
said  city  as  an  ex-officio  member  thereof,  beyond  the  present 
number  of  eleven  and  in  order  to  provide  for  the  several  vacan- 


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cies  which  will  occur  in  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  to  provide 
that  such  vacancies  as  they  occur  may  be  so  managed  as  to 
have  two  vacancies  occur  in  the  membership  of  said  Board  in 
each  year,  so  that  the  term  of  office  of  each  member  will  be  five 
years  and  two  of  such  members  to  be  elected  each  year.  At  the 
regular  meeting  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  to  be#  held 
in  July,  1909,  one  Trustee  shall  be  elected,  whose  term  of  office 
will  expire  in  July,  1912,  and  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
at  its  regular  meeting  to  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  July, 
1910,  shall  elect  two  Trustees  to  fill  the  vacancies  which  will 
occur  in  the  present  Board  at  that  time  and  that  likewise  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  at  the  regular  July  meeting,  1911, 
shall  elect  two  Trustees  to  fill  the  vacancies  which  shall  occur 
in  the  present  Board  at  that  time,  and  at  the  regular  meeting  of 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  to  be  held  on  the  first  Wed- 
nesday in  July,  1912,  shall  elect  four  Trustees  to  fill  the  vacancies 
of  the  members  of  the  present  Board  whose  terms  of  office  expire 
at  that  time,  two  of  which  said  members  to  be  then  elected  shall 
be  elected  for  a term  of  two  years  and  the  other  two  shall  be 
elected  for  a term  of  five  years;  so  that  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
the  Public  Schools  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  be  managed  and 
controlled  by  eleven  persons,  one  of  whom  shall  be  the  Mayor  of 
said  city  who  shall  be  ex-officio  member  and  ten  other  white, 
male  citizens  of  said  city  who  are  eligible  to  registration  to  vote 
for  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  said  city,  whose  term  of  office  shall 
be  each  five  years,  so  that  two  vacancies  on  said  Board  shall 
occur  each  year. 

No  Alderman  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  be  eligible  to  hold 
the  office  of  Trustee  of  the  Public  Schools  of  said  city. 


CHAPTER  2 3. 


BUREAU  OF  VITAL  STATISTICS. 

SECTION  196. — Creating  Bureau  of  Vital  Statistics.  Clerk  of 
Council  Registrar. — The  Clerk  of  Council  shall  be  the  Registrar 
of  Vital  Statistics  for  the  City  of  Columbus. 


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SEC.  197. — Subject  Matter  for  Statistics. — Every  physician, 
coucheur  and  midwife  or  other  person,  who  shall  attend,  assist 
or  advise  the  birth  of  any  child  or  children,  within  the  corpor- 
ate limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  shall  report  to  the  Registrar 
of  Vital  Statistics  within  six  days  thereafter,  stating  distinctly 
the  date  of  birth,  sex,  and  color  of  such  child,  or  children  born; 
its  or  their  physical  condition,  whether  stillborn  or  not,  and  the 
full  name  of  such  child  or  children  if  known;  and  the  full  name, 
nativity  and  residence  of  the  parents  of  such  child  or  children. 

SEC.  198. — Deaths.  Records  and  Reports  of  Physicians. — 
When  the  death  of  any  person  occurs  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  the  attending  physician  or  midwife,  if 
any,  shall  report  such  death  to  the  Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics, 
within  six  days,  stating  plainly  the  name,  sex,  age,  nativity,  last 
place  of  residence,  date  of  death,  cause  of  death,  and  when  and 
where  buried,  and  the  name  and  residence  of  the  attending  phy- 
sician or  midwife,  if  any;  and  when  the  death  of  any  person 
occurs  in  said  city  without  the  attendance  of  a physician  or 
midwife  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  witness  to  said  death  or 
person  having  knowledge  thereof,  to  report  said  death  to  the 
Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics,  together  with  all  the  facts  in  his  or 
her  knowledge  as  above  set  forth. 

SEC.  199. — Sextons  to  Make  Monthly  Reports  of  Deaths. — It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Sextons  to  make  monthly  reports  of 
all  persons  interred  in  the  city  cemeteries  to  the  Registrar  of 
Vital  Statistics,  showing  plainly  the  name  and  age,  date  of  death, 
date  of  burial,  last  place  of  residence  and  cause  of  death.  He 
shall  also  state  in  said  report  the  number  of  the  lot  in  which 
persons  are  interred,  and  if  the  bodies  are  removed  to  any  other 
lot  he  shall  report  such  removal  and  give  the  number  of  the  lot 
or  place  to  which  it  is  removed. 

SEC.  200. — Registrar  to  Keep  Records. — The  Registrar  of  Vital 
Statistics  shall  keep  a correct  record  in  a well-bound  book,  of  all 
the  births  reported  to  him,  showing  date  of  birth,  sex  and  color 
of  child,  whether  stillborn  or  not,  full  name  of  child  if  known; 
and  showing  full  name,  nativity  and  residence  of  the  parents  of 
said  child  or  children.  And  he  shall  also  keep  a correct  record  of 


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all  deaths  and  interments  reported  to  him,  showing  the  name,  sex, 
age,  nativity,  place  of  residence,  date  of  birth,  cause  of  death, 
name  and  residence  of  attending  physician  or  midwife,  and  the 
person  who  made  the  report  and  the  date  said  report  was  made; 
the  date  of  burial,  number  of  cemetery  lot  where  interred,  and  if 
a*  body  is  removed  to  another  lot  or  from  the  cemetery,  he  shall 
keep  a record  of  the  fact  and  the  number  of  the  lot  or  the  name 
of  the  place  removed  to;  and  he  shall  record  such  other  facts  as 
will,  in  his  judgment,  assist  in  the  correctness  and  clearness  of 
these  statistics;  said  book  to  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of 
Council. 

SEC.  201. — Deaths  to  be  Reported  to  Clerk  by  Relatives  and 
Obtain  Burial  Permits.  Penalty. — Before  an  interment  can  be 
made  in  the  city  cemeteries  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  relatives, 
or  person  desiring  to  make  such  interment  to  report  such  death 
to  the  Clerk  of  Council,  together  with  a certificate  of  the  attend- 
ing physician  or  other  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  cause  of  death 
of  such  deceased  person,  and  when  such  evidence  is  produced 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Clerk  to  issue  a permit  to  bury  such 
deceased  in  the  city  cemetery;  such  permit  to  be  addressed  to  the 
City  Sexton,  to  state  the  cause  of  death  and  name  of  attending 
physician,  date  of  death  and  name  of  deceased  person  and  such 
permit  to  be  returned  by  said  Sexton.  Any  person  who  shall 
violate  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  on  conviction  before 
the  Recorder  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or 
confinement  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 


CHAPTER  2 4. 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

SECTION  202. — Fire  Department.  Who  to  Compose. — The  Fire 
Department  of  the  city  shall  consist  of  all  the  members  of  the 
regularly  organized  fire  companies  in  the  city. 

SEC.  203. — Election  of  the  Chief. — The  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  elect  a Chief  of  the  Fire 


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Department  at  the  same  time  other  officers  are  elected  by  them, 
as  provided  in  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

SEC.  204. — Assistant  Chief.  Election  of. — There  shall  be  one 
Assistant  to  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  elected  by  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  as  other  officers  are  elected. 

SEC.  205. — Chief  to  Devote  Entire  Time  to  Duties. — The  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department  shall  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

SEC.  206. — Companies  Have  Care  of  Equipment. — All  fire  com- 
panies shall  be  empowered  to  take  charge  and  have  the  care  and 
management  of  their  respective  engines,  hose,  ladders,  hooks  and 
other  apparatus  for  extinguishing  fires,  that  now  belong  to  or 
hereafter  may  be  provided  by  the  Mayor  and  Council,  as  long  as 
such  companies  may  exist. 

SEC.  207. — General  Duties  of  Chief. — The  Chief  of  the  Fire 
Department  shall  make  frequent  examinations  of  all  fire  plugs, 
hydrants  or  cisterns  used  or  likely  to  be  used,  for  fire  purposes, 
and  whenever  he  finds  any  of  the  same  not  to  be  in  a proper  or 
fit  condition  for  effective  use  in  case  of  fire,  he  shall  at  once 
notify  the  Mayor  and  shall  also  notify  any  person,  firm  or  officer 
or  agent  of  any  corporation  owning,  controlling  or  operating  any 
such  hydrant  or  fire  plug  for  which  the  city  is  paying  rental,  to 
repair  the  same  or  to  put  the  same  in  proper  condition  to  be 
effective  for  fire  purposes  at  once. 

SEC.  208. — Chief.  General  Control  Over  Equipment.  Com- 
mand.— The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  shall  have  general 
control  and  supervision  of  all  of  the  equipment  and  of  all  of  the 
members  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  he  shall  be  responsible  to 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  for  the  condition  and  effi- 
ciency of  the  same,  and  shall  be  in  full  command  of  all  firemen, 
regular  or  volunteer. 

SEC.  209. — Chief’s  Duty  as  to  Fire  Alarm  System. — It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  to  keep  in  thorough 
repair  and  in  good  working  order  the  fire  alarm  telegraph 
system,  its  poles,  wires,  batteries,  boxes,  gauges,  bell,  striker  and 
other  apparatus  of  the  city. 


ARTICLE  III. 


ELECTIONS.— RULES  GOVERNING. 


(8) 


ARTICLE  III. 


CHAPTER  2 5. 


GENERAL  ELECTIONS. 

SECTION  210. — General  Elections  for  City  Officers. — All  elec- 
tions for  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  elected  by  the  people 
shall  be  held  at  the  court  house  in  this  city,  by  the  general  ticket 
system,  until  otherwise  changed. 

GENERAL  AND  SPECIAL  ELECTIONS. 

SEC.  210. — (a.) — Voting  Booths.  Secret  Ballot.  Marshal’s  Duty. 
Managers  Prepare  Ballot.  When. — In  all  general  and  special 
elections  held  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  wherein  the  qualified 
voters  of  said  city  vote,  there  shall  be  erected  at  all  the  polling 
places,  where  ballots  are  received,  a booth  or  booths,  each  of 
sufficient  size  to  accommodate  one  voter  at  a time,  and  so  con- 
structed that  the  voter  in  preparing  his  ballot  to  be  voted  at 
said  election,  shall  be  screened  from  observation  by  any  and  all 
persons. 

Marshal’s  Duty. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  of  said 
city  to  see  that  a sufficient  number  of  booths  shall  be  erected  and 
constructed  at  each  and  all  polling  places  for  all  elections  held 
in  said  city  before  the  hour  of  election  shall  have  arrived,  and  all 
voters  in  such  elections  are  hereby  required  to  enter  the  compart- 
ment or  booth  so  erected  for  the  purpose  of  preparing  and  cast- 
ing his  ballot  in  said  election,  said  booths  to  be  constructed  so  as 
to  admit  of  easy  approach  and  access  to  the  ballot  box  or  boxes 
where  the  ballot  of  such  voters  shall  be  deposited,  the  cost  of 
erecting  and  installing  said  booths  to  be  paid  for  from  any  funds 
in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  upon  order  of  the  Mayor,  that  are 
available  for  that  purpose. 


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Votes.  How  Cast. — Only  one  voter  shall  be  admitted  to  a 
booth  at  the  same  time,  and  no  person  shall  be  allowed  inside  of 
a booth  or  compartment  until  said  voter  shall  have  prepared  and 
cast  his  ballot,  which  he  shall  do  as  speedily  as  the  same  can 
be  done,  in  order  to  permit  other  voters  to  enter  for  the  same 
purpose;  provided,  that  any  voter  may  request  a manager  of  the 
election  to  prepare  his  ballot  for  him. 

Guard  Rails  About  Booths. — Each  and  all  of  said  compartments 
or  booths  shall  be  protected  by  gates  or  guard  rails,  within  which 
limits  no  unauthorized  persons  shall  be  permitted  to  come  while 
said  election  is  in  progress. 

SEC.  211. — Such  elections  shall  be  held  under  the  superintend- 
ence of  managers  to  be  appointed  by  Council.  If  for  any  reason, 
either  or  all  such  managers  should  fail  to  serve,  the  Mayor  shall 
appoint  others  in  their  stead. 

SEC.  212. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  managers  of  elections, 
before  receiving  any  ballots  to  take  and  subscribe  to  the  oath  pre- 
scribed by  Council.  They  shall  cause  each  person  who  offers  to 
vote,  and  whose  vote  may  be  challenged,  or  who  they  have 
reason  to  suspect  is  not  entitled  to  vote,  to  take  the  oath  pre- 
scribed by  law  in  such  cases,  and  any  person  refusing  to  take 
such  oath,  shall  not  be  allowed  to  vote;  provided,  that  the  person 
whose  vote  may  be  challenged  shall  be  known  to  the  managers 
to  be  entitled  to  vote,  then  the  person  challenging  such  voter 
shall  be  required  to  state  the  grounds  of  such  challenge,  and  if  it 
appears  reasonable,  then  the  oath  shall  be  administered;  and  in 
all  cases  where  the  voter  shall  take  the  oath,  he  shall  be  marked 
upon  the  list  as  “sworn.” 

SEC.  213. — The  managers  shall  cause  at  least  two  lists  of  voters 
to  be  kept,  and  for  this  purpose  may  appoint  two  or  more  clerks. 
Each  ticket  shall  be  numbered  before  being  placed  in  the  box, 
and  no  ticket  shall  be  taken  from  the  box  after  being  placed 
therein,  for  any  reason. 

SEC.  214. — As  soon  as  the  polls  are  closed,  the  managers  shall 
proceed  to  count  out  the  votes  and  shall  cause  the  clerks  to  keep 
at  least  two  tally  sheets.  If  the  election  is  for  any 
officer  to  be  elected  by  the  whole  city,  the  managers  of  each 


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If  the  contest  shall  be  for  the  office  of  Mayor,  or  Alderman  of  any 
ward,  then  the  Mayor  or  Alderman  of  that  ward  in  office,  shall 
retain  their  offices  until  the  contest  is  decided,  and  their  succes- 
sors qualified. 

SEC.  219. — Council  shall  proceed  to  hear  and  determine  such 
contested  elections  at  as  early  a day  as  practicable  and  shall 
cause  a written  notice  to  be  given  to  the  party  whose  election 
is  contested  three  days  prior  to  the  time  of  trial,  but  no  contest 
shall  be  entertained  in  any  case  when  it  shall  appear  that  the 
ballot-box  has  been  illegally  opened,  except  upon  the  clearest 
proof  that  the  person  contesting  said  election  was  in  no  way 
privy  to  such  illegal  opening. 


CHAPTER  2 7. 


CONDUCT  AT  ELECTIONS. 

SECTION  220.— Officers  Shall  Not  Solicit  Votes.  Penalty. 
Removal. — Any  officer  of  the  government  of  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus, or  employee  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  who  shall  at  any  elec- 
tion of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  or  Aldermen,  personally  solicit 
votes  on  the  day  of  the  election  for  any  given  candidate,  or 
candidates,  for  office,  or  who  on  the  day  of  such  election  shall 
attempt  to  prevent  any  person  from  voting  for  the  candidate  of 
his  choice;  or  who  shall  use  any  abusive  language  to  any  candi- 
date on  the  day  of  the  election,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  conduct 
unbecoming  an  officer,  or  employee  of  the  government  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  and  upon  conviction  therefor, in  the  Recorder’s 
Court  and  upon  said  conviction  being  certified  to  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  by  the  Recorder,  such  officer  or  employee  so 
found  guilty  of  such  offense  shall  be  removed  from  office  by  said 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  said 
office  shall  be  declared  vacant  and  said  officer  or  employee  so 
removed  shall  forfeit  the  salary  attached  to  said  office  for  the 
balance  of  the  term  of  the  same. 


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CHAPTER  2 8. 


REGISTRATIONS. 

SECTION  221. — Prescribing  Registration  Oath  and  Providing 
Penalty  for  Illegally  Offering  to  Register  and  for  Illegal  Regis- 
tering and  for  Correcting  Registration  List  and  for  Preparing 
Registration  List. — (a.)  No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  register 
as  a voter  in  the  City  of  Columbus  until  he  shall  have  first  taken 
and  subscribed  to  the  following  oath,  to  be  administered  by  the 
Clerk  of  Council  or  other  person  who  may  be  acting  as  registrar 
under  the  direction  of  Council,  to-wit:  “I  solemnly  swear 

or  affirm  that  I am  a citizen  of  the  United  States;  that  I am 
twenty-one  years  of  age  or  will  be  on  the  second  Saturday  of 
December  of  this  current  year;  that  on  the  second  Saturday  of 
December  of  this  current  year  (the  day  of  the  annual  election 
for  Mayor  and  Alderman  or  Aldermen)  I will  have  resided 
twelve  months  in  the  State  of  Georgia,  six  months  in  the  County 
of  Muscogee,  and  thirty  days  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  imme- 
diately preceding  said  day  of  election,  and  that  I have  paid  all 
city  taxes  required  of  me,  including  city  taxes  since  the  adoption 
of  the  present  constitution  of  this  State,  and  which  I have  had 
an  opportunity  of  paying  agreeably  to  law,  except  for  this  year, 
and  I am  entitled  to  register.” 

(b.)  The  Clerk  of  Council  or  other  person  acting  as  registrar 
by  appointment  of  Council  shall  require  each  and  every  person 
offering  for  registration  to  take  and  subscribe  to  the  foregoing 
oath  before  allowing  such  person  to  register. 

(c.)  All  registration  shall  be  done  in  person  and  not  by 
proxy. 

(d.)  Any  person  who  shall  illegally  offer  to  register, who  shall 
knowingly  not  be  legally  entitled  to  register  at  the  time  such  offer 
is  made,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  or  be  sentenced  to  hard  labor  upon  the  public  works  for 
not  less  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

(e.)  If  the  Chief  of  Police  or  any  member  of  the  police  force 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  has  reason  to  suspect  that  any  person 


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has  sworn  falsely  in  taking  the  foregoing  oath,  then  said  Chief 
of  Police  or  such  member  of  the  police  force  shall  proceed  to 
prosecute  such  person  for  such  offense  as  provided  in  the 
Charter  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

(f.)  The  Clerk  or  officer  or  other  person  appointed  registrar, 
shall  register  the  name  of  each  applicant  for  registration  who 
shall  have  taken  the  foregoing  oath,  expressing  in  said  registry 
his  name,  age,  occupation,  color,  ward  in  which  he  resides,  and 
street  number  or  approximate  street  number  of  residence  and 
length  of  residence  in  the  city  immediately  preceding  registra- 
tion. 

(g.)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  or  other  person  ap- 
pointed registrar  by  Council,  immediately  after  closing  the  list 
of  registered  voters,  to  arrange  an  alphabetical  list  of  said  regis- 
tered voters,  designating  the  ward  in  which  they  reside  at  the 
time  of  their  registry,  and  shall,  within  five  days  after  said  list 
is  closed,  publish  in  the  newspaper  in  which  the  proceedings  of 
Council  are  published  or  in  hand-bill  form  if  so  ordered  by  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  a full  and  complete  list  of  the 
registered  names,  and  to  furnish  said  list  to  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  and  make  such  distribution  of  the  same  as 
may  be  ordered  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

(h.)  When  said  list  is  furnished  to  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  as  aforesaid,  then  should  the  Clerk,  or  other  person 
acting  as  registrar,  or  any  other  person,  have  cause  to  believe 
that  any  name  or  names  on  said  list  are  not  legally  entitled  to  be 
on  the  same,  then  such  person  shall  make  complaint  in  writing 
to  Council  of  the  same;  and  thereupon  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  shall  proceed  before  or  after  any  election  is  held 
under  such  registration  to  hear  evidence  in  support  of  such 
complaint  and  in  support  of  the  legality  of  such  registration; 
and  should  it  be  found  that  any  name  or  names  have  been 
illegally  entered  on  said  registration  list,  then  and  in  that  event 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  direct  the  Chief  of 
Police  to  prosecute  any  person  or  persons  whose  names  shall 
have  been  found  to  be  illegally  entered  on  said  registration 
' list,  for  false  swearing  as  provided  in  the  Charter  of  the  City 
of  Columbus. 


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(i.)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  of  Council  to  furnish 
to  the  managers  presiding  at  the  election  of  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen  and  at  every  election  ordered  by  the  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  at  or  before  the  opening  of 
the  polls  or  places  of  voting  in  said  city  to  be  referred  to  by  them 
in  ascertaining  the  eligibility  of  voters,  a complete  list  of  all  the 
names  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  which  shall  have  been 
registered  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  Section  showing 
the  age,  occupation,  color,  ward  and  street  number  or  approxi- 
mate street  number  or  residence  at  the  time  of  registration  of 
every  person  whose  name  is  so  registered  (being  a copy  of 
last  registry)  certified  under  the  hand  of  the  said  Clerk  and  the 
corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  which  list  shall  be  kept 
before  said  managers  in  the  several  places  of  voting  during  such 
election  and  when  such  election  is  over  it  shall  be  deposited  in 
the  office  of  said  Clerk  of  Council  to  be  safely  kept  by  him. 


ARTICLE  IV. 


THE  PUBLIC  REVENUE— TAXATION— SPECIAL 
TAXES— THE  PUBLIC  DEBT. 


ARTICLE  IV. 


CHAPTER  29. 


GENERAL  TAX  LAWS. 

SECTION  222. — Tax  Assessors.  Their  Duties  and  Compen- 
sation.— At  the  same  time  other  officers  are  elected,  the  Mayor 
and  Council  shall  elect  three  proper  persons  to  assess  the  value 
of  real  estate  in  the  city.  The  City  Assessors  shall  receive  such 
compensation  as  may  be  voted  by  Council  and  it  shall  be  their 
duty  to  view  and  assess  each  parcel  of  real  estate  in  this  city 
subject  to  taxation,  and  to  make  a true  return  of  such  assessment 
by  the  first  day  of  February  following.  Before  entering  upon 
the  discharge  of  their  duties  they  shall  take  an  oath  to  faithfully 
perform  their  duties  and  shall  certify  their  rethrn  to  be  true. 

SEC.  223. — Tax  Assessors.  Appeals  from  Decisions. — Any 
person  or  persons  who  may  desire  to  appeal  from  the  assessment 
made  upon  their  property  by  the  City  Assessors,  shall  by  the 
first  day  of  June  following  such  assessment  make  oath  before 
some  officer  authorized  to  administer  an  oath,  that  the  assessed 
value  of  the  whole  of  his  or  her  or  their  real  estate  is  compara- 
tively greater  than  the  assessed  taxable  value  of  other  real  estate 
in  the  same  vicinity.  After  such  oath  has  been  made  and  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  Council,  the  same  shall,  at  the  next  meeting  of 
Council,  be  referred  to  the  Finance  Committee,  who  shall,  at 
such  time  as  they  may  designate,  not  exceeding  sixty  days  from 
the  filing  of  said  affidavits,  proceed  to  hear  testimony  as  to 
the  facts,  and  may  make  such  alteration  as  in  their  judgment  may 
be  necessary  to  equalize  relatively  the  assessment  complained  of. 

SEC.  224. — Tax  Digest.  Duty  of  Finance  Committee. — It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Finance  Committee  upon  the  return  of  the 


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Assessors  to  proceed  forthwith  to  prepare  and  lay  before  Council 
a tax  digest  for  the  year,  which  said  digest  shall  be  prepared  and 
acted  upon  by  the  middle  of  February  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
practicable.  As  soon  as  said  digest  is  completed,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Marshal  to  proceed  at  once  to  receive  the  return 
of  taxable  property  in  this  city  and  he  shall  keep  the  books 
open  for  such  purpose  at  such  place  as  he  may  select,  until  the 
first  of  May,  when  said  books  shall  be  closed  and  the  parties  who 
have  failed  to  make  return  shall  be  declared  defaulters. 

SEC.  225. — Taxes.  Duties  of  Marshal  and  Treasurer. — As  soon 
as  the  books  are  closed,  the  Marshal  shall  report  to  Council  the 
amount  of  property  returned,  and  of  the  taxes  due  upon  the 
same  according  to  the  tax  digest  and  shall  turn  over  said  books 
to  the  City  Treasurer.  The  Marshal  shall,  also,  from  the  former 
books  and  such  other  sources  as  he  may  discover,  make  out  a 
list  of  the  defaulters  with  the  estimated  value  of  their  property 
and  amount  of  taxes  due  upon  the  same,  and  report  the  same  to 
Council,  which  said  list  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  Treasurer. 

SEC.  226. — Executions  for. — All  executions  shall  be  issued  by 
the  Clerk  of  Council  and  directed  to  the  Marshal  of  the  city. 
Executions  shall  be  levied  forthwith  by  the  Marshal  and  after 
making  levy  he  shall  advertise  the  same  as  provided  by  law. 

SEC.  227. — Oath  of  Tax  Payer. — The  following  oath  shall  be 
administered  to  all  tax  payers  making  returns  of  their  property 
by  the  Marshal,  who  is  hereby  authorized  to  administer  the 
same:  “I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  the  account  which 

I now  give  is  a just  and  true  account  of  all  the  taxable  property 
which  I was  possessed  of,  held  or  claimed  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  on  the  first  day  of  January  in  the 
present  year;  or  was  interested  in  or  entitled  to, either  in  my  own 
right  or  in  the  right  of  any  other  person  or  persons  whatever,  as 
parent,  guardian,  executor,  administrator,  agent  or  trustee,  or 
in  any  other  manner,  according  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge, 
information  and  belief.  So  help  me  God.” 

SEC.  228. — Taxes.  Reductions.  Petitions  for. — All  petitions 
for  a reduction  of  assessments  on  the  assessed  value  of  real 


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estate  shall  be  made  to  Council  in  proper  form  by  the  first 
day  of  June  in  each  year.  All  persons  failing  to  make  their 
petitions  in  due  form  and  by  the  time  stated,  are  debarred  from 
any  reduction  of  the  value  as  returned  by  the  Assessors. 


CHAPTER  3 0. 


BONDED  DEBT. 

SECTION  229. — The  existing  valid  outstanding  bonded  debt  of 
the  City  of  Columbus,  bonds  for  which  have  been  heretofore 
issued,  are  hereby  declared  valid  and  subsisting  debts  of  the  city 
and  shall  be  met  and  paid  according  to  their  tenor  and  effect 
and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  hereto- 
fore enacted  under  which  the  same  were  issued,  all  of  which  said 
ordinances  shall  be  as  binding  and  effective  as  if  included  and 
incorporated  in  this  Code  and  no  part  of  any  of  said  ordinances 
are  repealed. 

SEC.  230. — A list  of  the  outstanding  bonds  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  are  herein  given,  and  are  valid  debts  of  the  city,  less 
such  amounts  as  have  already  been  paid: 

BONDED  DEBT  OF  THE  CITY  OF  COLUMBUS,  GA., 
APRIL  1,  1914. 

All  bonds  and  coupons  are  payable  at  the  office  of  the  City 
Treasurer. 


Due  January,  1927,  41  per  cent $55,000.00 

Due  January,  1928,  41  per  cent 50,000.00 — $105,000.00 

Due  January,  1931,  31  per  cent 49,000.00 

Due  January,  1935,  4 per  cent 38,500.00 

Due  October,  1913  to  1924,  4 per  cent, 
city  improvement  bonds,  due  $2,000.00 

each  October  24,000.00 

January,  1939,  41  per  cent,  refunding 

bonds  250,000.00 

July,  1940,  41  per  cent,  lower  bridge 

bonds  100,000.00 

July,  1942,  5 per  cent,  lower  bridge 

bonds  50,000.00 

Hospital  bonds,  due  February  15,  1944. . 60,000.00 

Waterworks  bonds,  due  annually 450,000.00 


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In  January,  1897,  were  issued  $55,000.00  44  per  cent,  bonds,  due 
1927,  to  refund  bonds  due  1896  and  1897. 

In  January,  1898,  were  issued  $50,000.00  41  per  cent,  bonds,  due 
in  1928,  to  refund  bonds  due  in  1898,  1899  and  1900. 

In  January,  1901,  were  issued  $49,000.00  34  per  cent,  gold  bonds, 
due  January,  1931,  to  refund  bonds  due  in  1901,  1902,  1903  and 
1904. 

In  October,  1904,  were  issued  $40,000.00  4 per  cent,  city  im- 
provement bonds,  due  $2,000.00  each  year,  from  1905  to  1924. 

In  January,  1905,  were  issued  $44,500.00  4 per  cent,  bonds,  due 
January,  1935,  to  refund  bonds  due  in  1905,  1906,  1907  and  1908. 

In  January,  1909,  were  issued  $250,000.00  44  per  cent,  bonds, 
due  January,  1939,  to  refund  a like  amount  of  bonds  due  January 
1,  1909. 

In  July,  1910,  were  issued  $100,000.00  44  per  cent.  lower  bridge 
bonds,  due  July  1,  1940. 

In  July,  1912,  were  issued  $50,000.00  5 per  cent,  lower  bridge 
bonds,  due  July  1,  1942. 

On  February  15,  1914,  were  issued  $60,000.00  5 per  cent  hos- 
pital bonds,  due  thirty  years  from  date. 

On  July  1,  1914,  were  issued  $450,000.00  of  waterworks  bonds, 
drawing  5 per  cent,  interest,  falling  due  $15,000.00  each  year 
until  fully  paid. 

SEC.  230.  (a.) — Registration  of  Bonds.  Treasurer’s  Duty. — 
For  the  purpose  of  the  registration  of  the  bonds  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Treasurer  to  procure 
at  the  expense  of  the  city,  a suitable  book  or  books,  in  which, 
upon  application  and  presentation  of  any  bond  or  bonds  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  he  shall  enter  therein  in  a manner  to  be  of 
easy  and  ready  reference,  a description  of  said  bond  or  bonds, 
giving  the  number,  the  series,  the  date  of  issue,  the  denomination 
and  such  other  data  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  ready  identifica- 
tion thereof,  together  with  the  name  of  the  person  or  persons 
registering  the  same,  the  character  or  capacity  in  which  such 
person  or  persons  hold  said  bond  or  bonds,  and  for  whose  bene- 
fit the  same  is  or  are  registered. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to  enter  upon  each  and 
every  bond  so  registered  as  above  provided  the  date  of  the  regis- 
tration, by  whom  the  same  was  registered  and  in  what  character 
or  capacity  the  same  are  held  and  shall  sign  the  entry  so  made 
on  said  bond  or  bonds  in  his  official  capacity,  and  shall  cut  with 
a stamp  prepared  therefor  the  letter  “R”  in  the  face  of  said 
bond  or  bonds  so  registered. 


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That  no  bond  or  bonds  of  the  City  of  Columbus  which  shall 
have  been  registered  in  the  manner  above  provided,  shall  be 
negotiable  by  delivery,  but  said  bonds  may  nevertheless  be 
negotiated  or  transferred  by  the  person  in  whose  name  they  are 
registered,  by  a re-registration  thereof  in  the  name  of  the  person 
to  whom  the  same  are  to  be  transferred  or  negotiated. 


CHAPTER  31. 


GAS  AND  LIGHT  BILLS  OF  CITY. 

SECTION  231. — Chairman  of  Each  Department  to  Approve  Gas 
and  Light  Bills. — All  bills  for  gas  and  lights  used  in  the  city  shall 
be  sent  to  the  standing  committee  in  charge  of  each  department 
and  approved  by  said  committee,  and  that  the  amount  of  the  bills 
for  each  department  for  gas  and  lighting  shall  be  charged  to  the 
account  of  each  department  respectively  from  the  appropriation 
made  by  Council  for  said  accounts,  in  the  same  manner  as  any 
other  bill  or  expense  is  charged  off  against  moneys  appropriated 
by  Council  for  the  use  of  the  several  separate  departments  of  the 
city  government. 


TAX  ORDINANCE  FOR  1914. 


CHAPTER  3 2. 


TO  LEVY  AND  ASSESS  TAXES  FOR  THE  CITY  OF  COLUMBUS, 
GEORGIA,  FOR  THE  YEAR  1914. 

SECTION  232. — Purposes  of  Taxation. — It  is  ordained  by  the 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  by  virtue 
of  the  authority  vested  in  the  same,  that  for  the  purpose  of 
defraying  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  city,  and  sustaining  the 
credit  thereof;  for  paying  its  bonds  and  coupons  falling  due; 
for  supporting  and  maintaining  its  public  schools,  and  for  other 


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purposes,  the  taxes  and  revenue  hereinafter  mentioned  shall  be 
levied  and  collected  for  the  year  1914. 

(1.)  On  all  real  estate  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City 
of  Columbus,  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1914,  subject  to  taxation, 
and, 

(2.)  On  all  personal  property  owned  on  the  first  day  of 
March,  1914,  by  residents  of  the  city,  whether  individuals,  firms 
or  corporations,  (excepting  banks,  which  shall  pay  as  hereinafter 
prescribed)  such  personal  property  to  include  money,  solvent 
debts,  bonds,  stocks,  other  than  stocks  on  which  the  tax  is  paid 
by  corporations,  merchandise,  machinery,  vehicles,  animals, 
furniture,  musical  instruments,  sewing  machines,  iron  safes, 
diamonds,  watches,  clocks,  jewelry,  gold,  silver  and  plate  ware, 
libraries — professional  and  literary,  billiard  and  pool  tables,  bar 
fixtures,  printing  presses  and  material,  and  all  other  personal 
property  of  whatever  kind  not  enumerated,  and  all  personal 
property  within  the  limits  of  the  city  on  the  first  day  of  March, 
1914,  subject  to  taxation,  and  owned  by  non-residents,  individ- 
uals or  corporations,  a tax  of  14  per  cent,  on  the  value  thereof. 

SEC.  233. — Returns. — Returns  of  taxable  property  including 
description  of  real  estate,  shall  be  made  on  oath  to  the  City  Tax 
Receiver  on  or  before  May  1st,  1914,  and  in  default  of  such 
return,  the  property  shall  be  assessed  by  the  Tax  Receiver  and 
twenty-five  per  cent,  added  thereto  as  a penalty  for  failure  to 
make  such  return.  Should  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  fail 
to  make  returns  of  property  for  taxation  as  required  by  this 
ordinance,  the  Marshal  shall  proceed  to  assess  the  property,  for 
which  no  returns  are  made,  for  taxation  from  the  best  informa- 
tion he  can  obtain  as  to  its  value,  and  the  pwner  shall  be  required 
to  pay  the  tax  thereon  as  though  regularly  returned  by  such 
owner,  together  with  the  penalties  herein  imposed  for  default 
in  making  return  thereof.  A failure  to  pay  the  tax  on  said 
property  from  the  returned  or  assessed  value  shall  subject  said 
property  to  the  same  liability  to  execution  and  sale  as  other 
like  property  regularly  assessed  or  returned,  where  the  same  was 
in  the  city  limits  on  March  1,  1914. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to  carefully  scrutinize  each 
return  and  see  that  no  real  estate  is  returned  at  a value  less  than 


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that  fixed  by  the  City  Assessors,  and  that  all  personal  property 
embraced  in  the  return  is  fixed  at  its  true  market  value;  and  if,  in 
the  judgment  of  said  Marshal  he  shall  find  the  personal  property 
embraced  in  any  return,  or  any  portion  of  it,  returned  below  its 
true  market  value,  he  shall  immediately  or  within  thirty  days 
after  said  return  is  made,  assess  the  same  at  the  true  market 
value  and  notify  the  person  making  the  return  of  his  assess- 
ment; in  case  the  person  making  the  return  is  dissatisfied  with  ^ 
the  assessment  placed  on  said  personal  property  by  the  Marshal, 
such  person  making  the  return  shall  have  the  right  and  privilege 
to  have  the  market  value  submitted  to  three  disinterested  per- 
sons, residents  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  one  of  whom  shall  be 
selected  by  the  tax  payer,  one  selected  by  the  City  of  Columbus 
through  its  Mayor,  and  these  two  thus  selected  shall  select  a 
third  to  act  in  case  they  disagreed,  a majority  of  whom  shall  fix 
the  value  of  said  personal  property. 

Whenever  any  persons  are  called  in  to  arbitrate  and  fix  the 
value  of  any  personal  property  embraced  in  the  return  of  any 
tax  payer,  such  persons  shall  take  an  oath  before  some  officer 
of  this  state  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  to  do  justice  between 
the  city  and  tax  payer  touching  the  true  assessment  of  the 
property  embraced  in  the  return. 

SEC.  234. — Bank  Stock. — A tax  of  II  per  cent,  shall  be  levied 
upon  the  market  value  of  the  shares  of  stock  of  all  banks  organ- 
ized under  the  authority  of  the  State  of  Georgia  or  any  other  state 
or  of  the  United  States.  Returns  hereof  shall  be  made  in  the 
following  manner: 

The  president  or  chief  officer  of  each  and  every  bank  or  bank- 
ing association,  located  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  shall  be  required 
to  return  on  oath  under  the  regulations  for  tax  returns,  all  of  the 
shares  of  stock  of  the  stockholders  of  such  bank  or  banking 
association,  whether  resident  or  non-resident  at  the  true  market 
value  of  such  shares  of  stock  to  the  City  Tax  Receiver  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  the  same  to  be  taxed  for  the  purposes  herein- 
before provided;  also  all  other  property  owned  by  said  bank 
or  banking  association,  not  represented  in  the  market  value  of 
the  shares  of  said  bank.  The  private  banks  and  bankers  shall 


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pay  a tax  of  II  per  cent,  on  the  value  of  their  capital  stock, 
surplus  and  undivided  profits. 

That  the  president  of  all  building  and  loan  associations  or 
other  associations  of  like  character,  shall  be  required  to  return  to 
the  City  Tax  Receiver  at  its  true  market  value  the  stock  of  such 
association  to  be  taxed  as  other  moneyed  capital  in  the  hands  of 
private  individuals  is  taxed. 

SEC.  235. — Street  Tax. — On  each  and  every  male  person  who 
is  a resident  of  the  city  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1914,  between 
the  ages  of  twenty-one  and  sixty  years  there  shall  be  collected 
a tax  of  $2.00  as  a commutation  for  street  duty  for  the 
current  year,  and  all  persons  becoming  residents  of  said  city 
after  that  date,  shall  pay  such  tax  pro  rata,  and  all  persons  liable 
to  pay  such  tax  and  failing  after  notification  to  do  so,  shall  be 
required  to  work  three  days  on  the  streets  under  the  direction  of 
the  Street  Committee.  Upon  failure  of  any  person  liable  for  said 
tax  to  pay  the  same  by  the  time  the  books  for  the  collection  of 
tax  shall  be  closed,  the  Clerk  of  Council  shall  issue  execution 
therefor  against  the  person  liable,  which  may  be  levied  and  col- 
lected by  the  Marshal  as  other  tax  executions  and  legal  costs 
thereon.  Such  person  may  be  notified  by  the  Marshal  or  any 
policeman  of  Columbus  to  appear  and  work  the  streets.  Upon 
failure  to  appear  and  work  the  streets  after  five  days  notice, 
such  person  shall  be  arrested  and  brought  before  the  Recorder 
and  upon  conviction  fined  or  imprisoned,  either  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder,  in  a sum  not  exceeding  $50.00  or 
imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

SEC.  236. — Tax  Books. — The  Marshal  shall  have  all  taxes  duly 
assessed,  with  the  calculations  properly  extended  and  present 
the  books  to  the  July  meeting  of  Council  for  examination  and 
approval.  As  soon  as  examined  and  approved,  the  books  to  be 
delivered  to  the  Treasurer. 

SEC.  237. — Expenditure. — Of  the  taxes  levied  and  collected  as 
above  provided,  five  mills  shall  be  for  the  payment  of  the  ordi- 
nary current  expenses  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  three  mills  shall 
be  for  school  purposes  and  the  maintenance  of  the  public 
library,  and  one-half  mill  for  school  building  purposes,  one-half 


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mill  for  paving  and  macadamizing  streets  and  three  and  one-half 
mills  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  and  interest  on  the  public 
debt  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

SEC.  238. — Taxes.  When  Due. — All  taxes  shall  be  due  and  pay- 
able on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August.  For  all  taxes  paid  before 
August  1st,  a discount  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  will  be  allowed 
up  to  August  1st.  For  all  taxes  not  paid  by  September  1st  the 
Clerk  shall  issue  executions  and  said  executions  shall  beai* 
interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum  from  September 
1st  until  paid. 

SEC.  239. — Special  or  License  Tax. — It  is  further  ordained  by 
the  authority  aforesaid,  That  each  person,  firm  or  corporation 
engaged  in  any  business,  trade  or  profession  or  occupation 
hereinbelow  specified  shall  register  under  oath  with  the  City 
Treasurer,  in  a book  provided  for  that  purpose,  his,  her  or  their 
business,  trade  or  occupation  as  hereinbelow  specified,  and  shall 
pay  the  license  tax  as  prescribed  by  the  15th  day  of  February, 
1914,  and  take  out  a license  for  said  business,  trade,  profes- 
sion or  occupation;  which  license  shall  be  displayed  in  a con- 
spicuous place  in  their  place  of  business.  The  license  herein 
provided  for  shall  be  issued  by  the  City  Treasurer;  and  if  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation,  whose  duty  it  is  to  register  and 
obtain  a license  shall  transact  or  offer  to  transact  in  said  city, 
either  of  the  kinds  of  business,  trades  or  occupation  in  this 
section  specified,  without  having  first  registered  and  obtained 
said  license,  or  who  shall  wrongfully  or  improperly  register  his, 
her  or  their  business,  he,  she  or  they  or  such  agent,  shall  on 
conviction  before  the  Recorder,  be  punished  by  a fine  not  to 
exceed  $100.00,  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  sixty  days,  either 
or  both  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

All  persons  commencing  business  in  the  City  of  Columbus 
after  the  15th  day  of  February,  1914,  shall  likewise  register  their 
names  and  business,  and  take  out  the  license  herein  prescribed 
as  soon  as  they  shall  commence  the  same;  and  any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  failing  to  do  so  or  who  shall  wrongfully  or 
improperly  register  his,  her  or  their  business,  shall  on  conviction 
be  punished  by  a fine  not  to  exceed  $100.00,  or  imprisonment 


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not  to  exceed  sixty  days,  either  or  both  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder. 

No  license  shall  be  transferred,  except  upon  the  approval  of 
the  Mayor  and  Marshal  and  no  license  shall  be  exchanged  for 
a license  for  a different  line  of  business  and  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  Marshal  and  Chief  of  Police  and  the  police  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  to  promptly  report  and  prosecute  all  violators 
of  this  ordinance  or  any  portion  thereof. 

SEC.  240. — Parties  Subject  to  License  Tax. — 


Advertising  wagon,  per  week $ 5.00 

Advertising,  street  car,  per  week 5.00 

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  controlling  street  car 

privilege  for  advertising 100.00 

Agency,  claim  or  collection 25.00 

Agency,  advertising  or  periodical 10.00 

Agency,  commercial  50.00 

Agency,  for  building  and  loan  association 50.00 

Agency,  real  estate  or  renting 25.00 

Agency,  steamboat  or  agent  or  manager  of  any  line  of 

boats  transacting  business  in  the  city 50.00 

Agents,  attorneys  or  firm  negotiating  or  advertising  to 

negotiate  loans  on  real  estate 50.00 

Agency,  sash  and  blind  factory 50.00 

Agency,  for  any  railroad  company  not  running  into  the 
city,  and  employed  about  the  business  of  said  company 
either  for  sale  of  tickets  or  soliciting  freight  or  pas- 
sengers   25.00 

Agents  having  an  office  in  the  city,  and  representing 

persons  or  firms  outside  of  the  city 25.00 

Agents  for  or  dealers  in  discarded  or  second  hand  army 
guns  or  rifles  or  shells  or  cartridges  designed  therefor, 
alone  or  in  connection  with  any  other  licensed  busi- 
ness   500.00 

No  license  shall  be  prorated  in  any  event,  and  none  to 
be  granted  except  on  approval  of  both  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen. 

Agents  or  agencies  not  specifically  mentioned 25.00 

Auctioneers  50.00 


No  license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than  $50.00.  No 
auctioneer’s  license  shall  be  transferable.  But  any 
licensed  auctioneer  shall  be  allowed  to  employ  an  assist- 
ant or  crier  to  conduct  sales  for  him  at  any  time  or 
place  he  may  desire;  provided,  that  no  auctioneer  shall 
be  allowed  to  have  more  than  one  sale  going  on  at  one 
and  the  same  time. 

Architects,  acting  as  superintendents  of  construction, 


each  25.00 

Automobiles,  garage,  charging  for  the  storage  or  care 

of,  selling  and  repairing 50.00 

Automobile,  garage  for  the  store  and  care  of  and  repair- 
ing   30.00 

Automobiles,  dealers  in  or  agents  for 30.00 


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Automobiles,  dealers  in  and  repairers $ 40.00 

Automobiles,  repairers  of  but  not  dealers 20.00 

Awning  makers,  alone  or  in  connection  with  other 

licensed  business 10.00 

Astrologers,  clairvoyant,  fortune  tellers,  palmist,  phre- 
nologist, or  person  of  like  character,  and  no  license  to 
be  issued  for  less  than 500.00 


B. 


Bagging  manufacturers,  or  dealers  in  second  hand  bag- 
ging, selling  to  dealers  or  others 50.00 

Bakery,  without  steam  or  other  power 10.00 

Bakery,  using  steam  or  other  power 20.00 

Banks  or  bankers  (except  national  banks)  or  any  cor- 
poration or  individual  doing  a banking  business  not 

including  savings  department 50.00 

Banks,  savings  50.00 

Banks,  with  savings  department  attached 75.00 

Barber  shop,  on  each  barber  employed,  including  the 

proprietor  or  proprietors  acting  as  barber 2.50 

Barrel  factory  25.00 

Bicycle,  motorcycle,  agents  or  dealer  in 15.00 

Bicycle,  motorcycle,  agents  or  dealers  and  repairers 25.00 

Bicycle,  motorcycle,  repairer  of 10.00 


Billiard,  pool  or  bagatelle  table,  for  each  table  set  up 
or  used  $25.00  each  for  the  first  two,  and  $15.00  each 
for  any  additional  ones  and  no  license  to  be  trans- 
ferred unless  by  consent  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen.  No  screens,  partitions  or  other  obstructions 
allowed  so  as  to  prevent  public  view  of  such  tables. 
All  persons  operating  a billiard,  pool  or  bagatelle  table 
shall  close  their  places  of  business  at  11:30  P.  M.,  and 
shall  not  open  sooner  than  4:30  A.  M. 

Bill  posters,  to  include  all  who  engage  in  the  business 
of  posting,  tacking  or  placing  advertisements  upon 
houses,  walls,  fences  or  stands  erected  for  the  purpose 
or  who  distribute  bills,  dodgers  or  circulars,  pamphlets 
or  other  printed  or  advertising  matter  or  who  paints  or 
places  painted  signs  on  houses,  fences,  walls  or  stands 
erected  for  that  purpose,  shall  be  deemed  a bill  poster; 
provided,  however,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall 
apply  to  the  painting  of  store,  office  or  other  signs 
by  sign  painters  or  to  one  who  follows  the  occupa- 
tion of  painting  nor  to  the  posting  of  legal  notices  by 
public  officers  or  attorneys  in  the  manner  and  places 
prescribed  by  law,  nor  to  any  church  or  benevolent 
society  or  persons  engaged  in  such  work  who  desire  to 
distribute  advertising  or  post  notices,  concerning 
such  church  or  society,  nor  to  any  local  merchant,  firm 
or  corporation  posting  or  distributing  by  his  or  their 
own  employees  advertisements  upon  which  his  or  their 
name  or  names  appear  (but  not  to  include  foreign  ad- 


vertisements) per  annum 35.00 

No  license  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  let  for  less 
than  the  amount  of  license  for  12  months. 

Blacksmith  shop,  one  forge 2.50 


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Blacksmith  shop,  more  than  one  forge $ 5.00 

Boarding  house,  with  not  more  than  12  rooms,  taking 

transient  guests  10.00 

Boarding  house  with  more  than  12  rooms  taking  transient 

guests  25.00 

Bookbindery  15.00 

Books  and  stationery . 25.00 

Bootblack,  for  each  operator  employed,  seat  or  stand  to 
be  located  at  such  place  as  the  Mayor  may  approve; 

no  stand  allowed  on  sidewalks  on  Broad  Street 5.00 

This  is  not  to  apply  to  those  inside  hotels  and  barber 
shops. 

Bootblack,  inside  building  and  connected  with  some  other 

business,  each  operator  or  chair 2.50 

Boot  and  shoe  dealer,  wholesale 100.00 

Boot  and  shoe  dealer,  retail  and  jobbing  to  other  mer- 
chants, but  not  traveling  a man  or  city  drummer 60.00 

Boot  and  shoe  dealer,  retail  alone,  with  three  or  more 

employees  connected  with  the  business 40.00 

Boot  and  shoe  dealer,  retail  alone,  with  two  employees 

connected  with  the  business 30.00 

Boot  and  shoe  dealer,  retail  alone,  with  one  employee 

conected  with  the  business 20.00 

Any  dealer  giving  personal  attention  to  the  business 
shall  be  considered  an  employee  for  the  purpose  of  this 
ordinance. 

Boot  and  shoe  repairer,  by  hand,  each 5.00 

Boot  and  shoe  repairer,  using  machine,  each 20.00 

Bottlers  and  manufacturers  of  Coca  Cola  and  similar 

drinks,  whether  manufactured  in  this  city  or  not 50.00 

Bottlers  or  manufacturers  of  ginger  ale,  or  other  bever- 
ages, not  including  Coca  Cola  and  similar  drinks 25.00 

Bowling  alley  kept  for  public  play 30.00 

Brick,  manufacturer  of,  broker  or  agent  for  the  sale  of. . 25.00 

No  license  prorated. 

Brokers,  buying  and  selling  for  profit,  or  on  commission, 

railroad  or  theatre  tickets 200.00 

Broker,  in  securities  or  real  estate,  no  license  prorated. . . 50.00 

Brokers  in  merchandise,  unless  otherwise  specified,  no 

license  prorated  50.00 

Those  who  sell  merchandise  from  cars,  stores  or  other- 
wise for  their  own  account  or  the  account  of  others 
shall  be  classed  as  wholesale  merchants  and  pay  the  tax 
as  same. 

Brokers,  each  and  every  person,  firm  or  corporation 
engaged  in  or  conducting  the  business  of  putting  on 
bankrupt,  liquidation  or  forced  sales  or  other  similar 
sales  of  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  for  and  in  behalf 
of  any  regularly  licensed  merchant  or  dealer  of  the 

city,  shall  pay  a license  for  such  business  of 100.00 

And  said  license  shall  not  be  prorated. 

Broom  factory  10.00 

Builders’  supplies,  dealers  in 40.00 

Building  and  loan,  or  similar  associations,  located  or 

doing  business  in  the  city 50.00 

Business  not  specially  mentioned 25.00 


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C. 

Cabinet  shop,  repairing  furniture $ 10.00 

Cafe  or  restaurant,  no  license  prorated 15.00 

Candy  manufacturer,  wholesale 25.00 

Candy  stand,  alone 5.00 

Candy  and  fruit  stand 10.00 

Subject  to  Section  5,  page  92  of  new  Charter.  Stands 
to  be  located  at  such  place  as  the  Mayor  may  approve. 
Carriages,  buggies  and  wagons,  dealers  in,  alone  or  in 

connection  with  any  other  licensed  business 40.00 

Carriage,  buggy  or  wagon  manufacturer,  alone  or  in  con- 
nection with  repair  shop 25.00 

Carriage  or  buggy  repair  shop,  alone 10.00 

Carriage,  wagon  and  buggy  supplies,  dealers  in 25.00 

Chiropodist,  manicurist  or  hairdresser 10.00 

Chiropodist,  manicurist  or  hairdresser,  and  dealer  in 

supplies  v 15.00 

Cattle,  sheep  or  hogs,  dealers  in 25.00 

Cash  register,  dealers  in  or  agents  for 25.00 

Chewing  gum,  manufacturers  of 15.00 

Cider  and  vinegar  factory 25.00 

Cigar  manufacturer  20.00 

Any  manufacturer  selling  in  less  quantity  than  100 
cigars  shall  pay  an  additional  license  of  $10.00. 

Cigars  and  tobacco,  wholesale  and  retail 50.00 

Cigars  and  tobacco,  retail  dealer  in 30.00 

Circus  or  wild  west  or  trained  wild  animal  or  similar 
show,  charging  not  more  than  35  cents  for  admission 

and  reserved  seats,  per  day 100.00 

Circus  or  wild  west  or  trained  wild  animals  or  similar 
show,  charging  not  more  than  75  cents  for  admission 

and  reserved  seats,  per  day 200.00 

And  $150.00  for  each  street  parade  if  they  perform  out 
of  the  corporate  limits. 

Circus  or  wild  west  or  trained  wild  animals  or  similar 
show,  charging  more  than  75  cents  for  admission,  in- 
cluding reserved  seat,  per  day 300.00 

Circus  or  wild  west  or  trained  wild  animals  or  similar 
show,  each  side  show  or  concession  not  prohibited  by 

city  ordinance,  per  day.. 10.00 

Tented  show  other  than  circus  charging  more  than  35 

cents  for  admission  and  reserved  seat,  per  day 75.00 

Tented  show  other  than  circus  charging  not  more  than 
35  cents  for  admission  and  reserved  seat,  per  day....  50.00 

Civil  engineer  or  surveyor 10.00 

Clairvoyant — See  Astrologers. 

Clothing  manufacturer,  employing  ten  hands  or  less 20.00 

Clothing  manufacturer,  employing  more  than  ten  hands. . 40.00 

Clothing  merchant  40.00 

Cleaning  and  pressing  not  in  connection  with  clothing 

dealer  or  tailor  15.00 

Clothing,  second  hand  dealers  in,  alone  or  in  connection 
with  other  licensed  business 200.00 


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Coal,  dealer  in,  alone  or  in  connection  with  any  other 
licensed  business  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  whether  his 
yard  or  place  of  business  be  located  within  the  limits 

or  not  $ 25.00 

Coal  or  lime,  selling  from  cars  to  others  than  registered 

dealers,  each  car  10.00 

Coal  or  wood,  peddlers  of,  buying  from  coal  yards 10.00 

Coffin  factory  25.00 

Cold  storage  warehouse  charging  for  storage,  alone  or 

in  connection  with  other  licensed  business 25.00 

Concrete  manufacturers  or  pavers  or  agents  for,  or  dealer 
in  sand,  gravel,  stone  or  other  similar  material,  alone 
or  in  connection  with  any  other  licensed  business 

and  no  license  prorated 25.00 

Confectioner  or  retail  dealer  in  fruit  or  candy 10.00 

Contractor,  general  or  builder,  license  not  to  be  prorated.  40.00 
Contractor,  special  or  builder,  when  the  contract  exceeds 
$10.00  doing  one  class  of  work  only,  license  not  to  be 

prorated  10.00 

Cooper  shop  5.00 

Corn  grist  mill  only  25.00 

Cotton  buyer  and  shipper 50.00 

Cotton  compress  100.00 

Cotton  seed  oil  mill 100.00 

Cotton  or  woolen  factory 100.00 

Cotton  mill,  weaving  or  spinning  only 50.00 

Cotton  seed  or  seed  cotton,  dealers  in 25.00 

Cracker  manufacturer  or  agents  for,  or  dealers  in  crack- 
ers, cakes,  etc.,  jobbing  to  other  merchants 50.00 

Crockery  40.00 

Crockery  dealer,  selling  to  other  merchants  but  not  a 
traveling  man  50.00 


D. 


Debenture  or  redemption  company  25.00 

Dime  stores,  dollar  stores,  or  similar  stores,  jobbing  and 

retail  100.00 

Dime  stores,  dollar  stores  or  similar  stores,  retail 60.00 

Dry  goods,  wholesale 100.00 

Dry  goods,  wholesale  and  retail 100.00 

Dry  Goods  and  notions,  wholesale 100.00 

Dry  goods  and  notions  at  retail  with  12  or  more  employees 

connected  with  the  business 60.00 

Dry  goods  and  notions  at  retail  with  8 and  under  12 

employees  connected  with  the  business 50.00 

Dry  goods  and  notions  at  retail  with  4 and  under  8 em- 
ployees connected  with  the  business 40.00 

Dry  goods  and  notions  at  retail  with  2 and  under  4 em- 
ployees connected  with  the  business 30.00 

Dry  goods  and  notions  at  retail  with  1 employee 10.00 

And  in  determining  the  number  of  employees  con- 
nected with  the  business  the  owners  or  proprietors 
giving  their  personal  attention  to  the  same  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  employees  for  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance. 

Drugs,  wholesale  and  retail,  traveling  a man  or  city  drum- 
mer   100.00 


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Drugs,  retail  and  jobbing  to  other  merchants  and  not 

traveling  a city  drummer $ 60.00 

Drugs,  retail  with  2 or  more  employees 40.00 

Drugs,  retail  with  1 employee 30.00 

And  owner  or  proprietor  giving  his  personal  attention 
to  the  business  shall  be  considered  an  employee  for  the 
purpose  of  this  ordinance. 

All  merchants  other  than  druggists  or  pharmacists,  sell- 
ing patent  or  proprietary  medicines  or  other  medicines, 
excepting  paregoric,  designating  the  dose  of  paregoric, 
at  various  ages  thereon,  castor  oil,  turpentine,  salts, 
borax,  sulphur,  containing  the  label  of  a regularly 
licensed  druggist  or  pharmacist  of  the  State  of  Georgia.  30.00 
Dye  house,  resident  or  agent  for  others 10.00 

E. 

Eating  house,  alone  or  in  connection  with  other  business 

and  no  license  prorated 15.00 

Electric  light  and  power  company  doing  business  in  the 

city  250.00 

With  the  same  proviso  as  to  the  poles  and  wires  as  is 
applied  to  telephone  and  telegraph  companies. 

Electric  supplies,  dealers  in  and  contractors  for  installing 
same,  including  gas  fittings,  no  license  to  be  for  less 

than  30.00 

Electrical  worker,  not  in  employ  of  dealer  in  electrical 

supplies  or  contractors  for  installing  same 10.00 

No  person  shall  be  employed  to  install  electrical  work 
or  gas  pipes  or  fittings  until  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  shall  certify  to  the  City  Treasurer  that 
the  applicant  is,  in  his  opinion,  fully  qualified  to  install 
such  works  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of 
the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  fee  for  such 

certificate  to  be  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  shall  be 2.00 

Electric  theatre,  moving  pictures,  vaudeville  or  similar 
shows  $75.00  per  annum  and  no  license  shall  be  issued 

for  less  than  75.00 

Employment  agency  or  intelligence  office 10.00 

Express  company,  to  include  the  use  of  wagons 150.00 

Exchange,  for  sale  of  fancy  work 15.00 

F. 

Factory,  sash,  blind  and  planing  mill 60.00 

Feather  or  carpet  renovator 10.00 

Fertilizers,  dealers  in,  or  manufacturer  of  or  agent  for, 
alone  or  in  connection  with  other  licensed  business, 

doing  business  in  the  City  of  Columbus 75.00 

Fireworks,  wholesale  or  jobbing  to  other  merchants  alone, 
or  in  connection  with  other  licensed  business  not  to 

include  retail  50.00 

Fireworks,  retail  alone  or  in  connection  with  any  other 

licensed  business 15.00 

Fortune  teller — See  Astrologer. 


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Fish  and  oyster  dealer,  it  being  understood  that  no  license 
shall  be  issued  for  less  than  the  rate  named  for  twelve 
months,  and  that  the  license  when  issued  shall  not  be 
exchanged  for  a license  to  transact  a different  kind  of 


business  $ 10.00 

Flour  and  grist  mill  100.00 

Flying  jenny,  per  month „..  10.00 


The  machine  or  apparatus  to  be  located  at  such  place 
in  the  city  as  the  Mayor  may  approve,  and  license  sub- 
ject to  revocation  at  any  time  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Mayor  and,  provided,  further,  that  persons  obtaining 
such  license  shall  pay  the  expense  of  a policeman  to  be 
selected  by  the  Chief  of  Police  and  subject  to  his 


control. 

Foundry,  alone  50.0Q 

Foundry  and  machine  shop 100.00 

Fruit  store,  alone  5.00 

Furniture  or  fixture  manufactory 60.00 

Furniture  dealer  with  three  or  more  employees 40.00 

With  less  than  three  employees 25.00 


And  in  determining  the  number  of  employees  connected 
with  the  business  the  owners  or  proprietors  shall  be 
considered  as  employees  for  the  purpose  of  this  ordi- 


nance. 

Furniture  or  stove  repairer 10.00 

Furniture  packer  and  shipper 10.00 


G 

Gas  works  or  company 

Gin,  public  

Groceries,  wholesale  

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  that  busi- 
ness who  travels  a man  or  city  drummer  soliciting  or- 
ders from  other  merchants  shall  be  denominated  whole- 
sale. 

Groceries,  retail  and  jobbing  to  other  merchants  and  not 

traveling  a man  or  city  drummer 

Groceries,  small  dealer,  1 employee 

Groceries,  2 employees 

Groceries,  3 employees  

Groceries,  4 employees  . 

Groceries,  5 employees 

Groceries,  6 employees 

Proprietors  giving  their  attention  to  the  business  shall 
be  denominated  employees  for  the  purpose  of  this 
ordinance  and  each  place  of  business  shall  be  required 
to  pay  a license. 

All  persons  or  corporations  selling  goods  from  cars  or 
otherwise,  shall  pay  as  other  merchants. 

Green  groceries,  wholesale 

Green  groceries,  retail 

Guaranty  company  furnishing  surety  bonds,  for  each 

agent  

And  each  company  shall  pay  quarterly  on  gross  receipts 
of  premiums  2i  per  cent. 

Gunsmith  

Gunsmith  to  include  retail  dealing 


100.00 

10.00 

100.00 


60.00 

10.00 

20.00 

30.00 

40.00 

50.00 

60.00 


50.00 

10.00 

35.00 


10.00 

30.00 


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H. 


Haberdasher  * $ 30.00 

Hats  and  caps,  wholesale 30.00 

Hardware,  wholesale  100.00 


Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business 
who  travels  a man  or  city  drummer  soliciting  orders 
of  other  merchants,  shall  be  denominated  wholesale. 
Drummer  soliciting  orders  of  other  merchants  and  not 


traveling  a man  or  city  drummer 60.00 

Hardware,  retail  40.00 

Harness  dealer,  wholesale  100.00 


And  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  the 
business  who  travels  a man  or  city  drummer  shall  be 
denominated  as  wholesale. 

Harness  dealer,  retail  or  jobbing  to  other  merchants  and 


not  traveling  a man  or  city  drummer,  alone  or  in  con- 
nection with  any  other  licensed  business 25.00 

Harness  repairer  5.00 

Hides,  dealers  in,  other  than  junk  dealer,  alone  or  in  con- 
nection with  any  other  licensed  business 25.00 

Hides,  dealers  in,  other  than  junk  dealer,  alone  or  in  con- 
nection with  other  licensed  business 15.00 

Horse  drover — See  stable  keeper. 

Hotel,  having  more  than  12  and  not  exceeding  19  rooms. . . 25.00 

Hotel,  having  more  than  19  rooms  and  not  exceeding  39 

rooms  40.00 

Hotel  having  more  than  39  rooms 60.00 

Huckster  10.00 

No  license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than  $10.00. 

Hosiery  mills,  making  their  own  yarns 50.00 

Hosiery  mills,  not  in  connection  with  other  licensed 
business  25.00 

I. 

Ice  dealer,  wholesale  25.00 

Ice  dealer,  retail,  selling  one  block  or  less,  it  being  under- 
stood that  no  license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than  the 
rate  for  12  months,  and  that  the  license,  when  issued, 
will  not  be  exchanged  for  a license  to  transact  a differ- 
ent line  of  business 10.00 

Ice  factory 50.00 

Ice  cream,  manufacturer  of,  selling  to  merchants 10.00 

Ice  cream,  alone  or  in  connection  with  any  other  business  5.00 
Ice  cream,  or  ice  cream  cakes,  dealers  in,  selling  from 

wagon,  hand  cart  or  box,  for  each  cart,  wagon  or  box. . 10.00 

Images  of  plaster  of  paris  or  other  compositions,  dealers 

in  5.00 

Insurance  companies,  fire  or  life,  for  each  agent  any  com- 
pany may  appoint 50.00 

Insurance  companies,  casualty,  including  all  companies, 
issuing  accident,  health,  plate  glass,  steam  boiler,  credit, 
burglar  or  employers’  liability  contract,  each  company.  35.00 

Insurance  guaranty  company  and  live  stock  company 35.00 

Insurance,  steam  boiler  only 25.00 

Insurance  company,  furnishing  surety  bonds — See 

guaranty  company. 


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Insurance  broker  or  firm,  for  each  company  in  which 
said  broker  or  firm  undertakes  to  place  insurance  out 

of  this  state,  on  property  within  this  state $ 75.00 

All  insurance  companies,  including  fire,  life,  accident, 
guaranty  or  other  insurance  companies,  shall  pay  quar- 
terly on  gross  receipts  of  premiums,  not  including 
premiums  on  life  policies  after  being  in  force  one  year, 

24  per  cent. 

Insurance,  transient  solicitor  for,  life,  fire  and  accident 


company  75.00 

Itinerants  and  other  persons  claiming  to  give  special 
treatment  for  the  cure  of  physical  ailments,  not  licensed 

as  a physician  by  the  state 150.00 

And  license  not  to  be  prorated. 

Itinerant  peddlers  or  vendors  of  proprietary  or  patent 
articles,  maps,,  pictures,  toys,  candy,  watches,  jewelry 
or  any  articles  whatever  on  the  streets  or  from  house 


to  house,  or  located,  including  dealers  in  stone,  marble, 
granite  or  any  article  of  merchandise  shall  pay  license 

tax  of  50.00 

To  be  collected  from  all  persons  alike  engaged  in  such 
business,  whether  residents  or  non-residents,  and  with- 
out regard  to  the  locality  of  the  produce  or  growth  of 
the  article  sold,  or  for  sale  of  which  solicitations  are 
made.  No  license  shall  be  granted,  except  in  discretion 
of  the  Mayor  and  Marshal  to  any  person  or  firm  to 
erect  a stand  or  sell  from  the  pavement,  vehicle  or 
street,  with  harangue,  any  patent  medicine,  novelty, 
fruit  or  merchandise,  for  less  than  $100.00  or  $25.00 
for  each  quarter,  location  of  such  stand  or  vehicle  to 
be  named  by  the  Mayor  or  Marshal.  No  license  shall 
be  issued  for  games  of  chance. 

Itinerant  vendor  of  patent  medicines,  with  or  without 
harangue,  for  one  year  or  part  thereof 250.00 

J. 


Jewelry  40.00 

Jewelry  and  watches,  repairers  of 10.00 

Jewelry  and  watches,  repairer  of,  keeping  stock  on 

hand  with  three  or  more  employees 40.00 

Jewelry  and  watches,  repairer  of,  keeping  stock  on  hand 

with  two  or  less  employees 20.00 

And  owner  giving  his  attention  to  the  business  shall  be 
considered  an  employee. 

Jewelry,  manufacturers  of,  or  dealers  in  wire,  shell  and 

other  jewelry,  per  month 10.00 

And  no  license  issued  for  less  than  $10.00. 

Junk  shops,  or  dealers  in  pelts,  bones,  scrap  metals,  rags, 

bottles,  etc 100.00 


And  all  persons  operating  junk  shops  and  taking  out 
licenses  for  the  same,  as  prescribed  in  this  ordinance, 
shall  accept  the  same  on  condition  that  their  place  of 
business  shall  be  subject  to  visitations  and  inspection 
by  the  police  of  the  city  at  any  time  and  on  refusal  of 
the  junk  dealers  or  persons  in  charge  of  the  place  of 
business  to  submit  to  such  visitation  or  inspection  or 


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who  shall  deter  or  prevent  a thorough  inspection  of 
such  place  of  business,  the  place  of  business  shall  be 
immediately  closed  on  the  order  of  the  Mayor  or  Chief 
of  Police,  and  in  case  any  machinery  or  any  part  there- 
of or  any  appliances  or  implements  or  tools  or  material 
of  any  character  connected  with  or  belonging  to  any 
railroad  company,  steam  or  electric,  or  to  engines, 
cars  or  track  of  any  railroad  company,  steam  or  elec- 
tric or  gas  company,  or  to  the  waterworks  company, 
or  fire  department  or  mills,  factories  or  individuals 
or  any  gas  or  waterworks  fixtures  shall  be  found  in  such 
place  of  business,  unless  the  same  was  sold  to  said  junk 
dealer  by  the  authorized  agent  of  the  company  owning 
the  same,  it  shall  subject  the  owner  or  owners  of  said 
junk  shop  on  conviction  thereof  before  the  Recorder, 
to  pay  a fine  not  to  exceed  $100.00  or  imprisonment  not 
to  exceed  60  days,  either  or  both  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder.  And  for  the  second  offense  the  Recorder 
shall  have  the  power  in  his  discretion  not  only  to  im- 
pose the  fine  above  provided  but  to  revoke  the  license. 
Each  and  every  junk  dealer  shall  keep  a complete  record 
of  all  such  articles  purchased  by  him,  of  whom  bought, 
the  price  paid  therefor,  and  the  books  or  book  of  entry 
shall  be  subject  to  inspection  by  the  city,  police,  city 
officials,  or  any  other  individual  acting  under  the 
authority  of  the  Mayor,  Chief  of  Police  or  the  Recorder 
claiming  to  have  had  the  property  stolen. 


L. 

Labor  agent  $100.00 

Laundry,  or  agent  for,  run  with  steam,  or  other  power, 

doing  business  within  this  city 25.00 

Laundry,  or  agent  for,  run  without  steam  or  other  motive 

power,  doing  business  within  the  city  limits 15.00 

Lightning  rod  agent,  or  dealer  doing  business  in  the  city 

of  Columbus,  each  agent  or  dealer 25.00 

Livery  stable — See  stables.  , 

Lumber,  shingles  and  building  supplies,  whether  the  yard 
or  place  of  business  be  within  the  corporate  limits  or 

not  40.00 

Lumber  and  shingles,  all  persons  other  than  registered 
dealers,  selling  rough  lumber  or  shingles  in  carload  lots 
to  other  than  registered  dealers,  per  car  of  lumber. . . . 10.00 

Or  per  car  of  shingles 35.00 

Lumber  and  shingles,  all  persons  other  than  registered 
dealers,  selling  rough  lumber  or  shingles  in  less  than 

carload  lots,  per  1,000  feet  of  lumber 1.00 

Or  per  1,000  shingles .50 

Lumber,  all  persons  other  than  registered  dealers,  selling 
dressed  lumber  in  carload  lots  to  other  than  registered 

dealers,  per  car  25.00 

Or  less  than  carload  lots,  per  1,000  feet 2.50 

Lunches  or  sandwiches,  hot,  sold  in  connection  with  some 
other  business 5.00 


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M. 

Machine  shop,  alone  with  five  or  less  employees $ 25.00 

Machine  shop,  with  more  than  five  employees 50.00 

Machine  shop,  for  repairing  only 10.00 

Machinery  and  farm  implements,  dealers  in,  provided  this 

shall  not  apply  to  hardware  merchants 30.00 

Manufacturers  of  stock  and  similar  powders 15.00 

Manufacturers  not  herein  otherwise  taxed 30.00 

Marble  yard,  for  manufacture  and  sale  of  monuments,  or 

agents  for  30.00 

Marble  or  stone  dealer,  soliciting  business  in  this  city, 

and  having  no  shop  or  place  of  business  in  the  city..  30.00 
Mattress  manufacturer,  wholesale  or  selling  to  merchants.  20.00 

Mattress  manufacturer,  retail  10.00 

Medical  institute  or  infirmary  or  sanitarium 25.00 

Merchants,  small  dealers,  not  herein  otherwise  provided 

for  10.00 

Merchants,  wholesale  dealers,  not  otherwise  provided  for.  100.00 

Messenger  service,  maintaining  local  office 10.00 

Milk  depot,  for  sale  of  milk  and  other  dairy  products, 

alone  or  in  connection  with  other  licensed  business..  25.00 
Millinery,  retail,  in  connection  with  any  other  licensed 

business  where  trimmers  are  employed 25.00 

Millinery,  wholesale 60.00 

Millinery,  retail  alone 30.00 

Money  lenders,  persons  engaged  in  the  business  of  lending 
money  on  personal  property  by  chattel  mortgage  or  in 

amount  less  than  $50.00 150.00 

And  no  license  issued  for  less  than  $150.00,  and  any 
person  soliciting  for  such  money  lender  whether  with 
office  within  or  without  the  city,  shall  be  considered  a 
money  lender  within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance. 
Multigraph,  business  of 10.00 

* 

N. 

Newspapers,  daily  40.00 

Newspapers,  weekly  15.00 

News  stands  selling  daily,  weekly  or  monthly  periodicals  10.00 
News  stands  selling  other  merchandise  in  addition  to 
periodicals,  carrying  a stock  of  merchandise  in  the  ag- 
gregate of  $250.00  or  more 25.00 

News  butcher,  each  person  or  firm  doing  a news  butcher 
business  on  any  of  the  different  trains  leaving  the  city 

and  having  an  office  in  the  city 10.00 

Notions,  wholesale  100.00 

Novelty  or  veneering  works  15.00 

O. 

Optician  10.00 

Optician  and  dealer  in  optical  goods,  not  in  connection 

with  other  business  25.00 

Optician,  itinerant,  alone  or  in  connection  with  any  other 

licensed  business,  no  license  prorated 25.00 

Oil,  retail  dealer  25.00 


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Oil,  wholesale  dealer $100.00 

Organ  grinder,  or  street  musician,  per  month 5.00 

License  not  prorated. 


Oyster  and  fish  dealer — See  fish  and  oyster  dealer. 

P. 

Packing  house  or  dealer  doing  a cold  storage  business  in 


this  city  100.00 

Painters,  taking  contracts 10.00 

Painters,  sign,  local  or  itinerant 10.00 


And  $10.00  shall  be  paid  for  each  additional  painter 
employed  to  assist  in  painting  signs.  A sign  painter’s 
license  shall  not  be  sub-let  to  any  person  nor  shall  any 
transient  sign  painter  be  privileged  to  operate  under 
such  license,  but  shall  be  required  to  take  out  a license 
from  the  City  Treasurer. 

Palmist — See  Astrologer. 

Paper  box  factory,  alone  or  in  connection  with  any  other 


licensed  business 25.00 

Paper  hangers,  taking  contracts 10.00 

Paper  or  paper  bags,  wholesale  or  retail  alone,  or  in  con- 
nection with  any  other  licensed  business 25.00 

Patent  rights,  or  patented  articles 25.00 

Pavers  or  agents  for,  with  brick,  macadam,  concrete, 

bitulithic,  asphalt  or  similar  material 25.00 

And  no  license  prorated. 

Peanut  stands,  not  prorated 10.00 

Peanut  vendors,  from  carts  or  in  streets  to  do  business  at 
places  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  provided 
tenants  occupying  adjacent  property  do  not  object; 
said  business  to  be  carried  on  only  as  herein  specified. . 100.00 
Pawnbroker  150.00 


All  pawn  brokers’  shops  taking  out  license  shall  keep  a 
detailed  account  of  the  pawner,  stating  whether  white 
or  colored,  and  the  hour  at  which  the  articles  were  re- 
ceived, and  in  the  event  of  failure  to  comply  with  the 
above,  he  or  they  shall  be  fined  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder.  Their  books  to  be  subject  at  any  time,  under 
order  of  the  Mayor  or  Chief  of  Police,  to  visitation 
and  thorough  inspection  by  the  police  of  the  city,  and 
on  refusal  of  the  proprietors  at  any  time  to  permit 
their  shops  to  a thorough  inspection  by  the  police  their 
shops  shall  be  immediately  closed,  and  their  license 
revoked.  And  no  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  be 
permitted,  under  pawn  brokers’  license  to  sell  any 
goods,  wares  or  merchandise  other  than  unredeemed 

pledges,  without  taking  an  additional  license  of 25.00 

And  no  license  prorated. 

Persons,  firms  or  corporations  other  than  licensed  brokers 
— See  stocks,  etc. 

Pianos,  organs,  graphophones  or  other  musical  instru- 


ments, dealers  in  or  agents  for,  alone  or  in  connection 

with  any  other  licensed  business 25.00 

Picture  frames,  dealers  in  or  manufacturers  of,  alone  or 

in  connection  with  any  other  licensed  business 10.00 

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Pipe  layers,  taking  contracts $ 10.00 

Pipe  dealers — See  terra  cotta  pipe. 

Photographer  or  portrait  painter,  canvasser  for,  or  doing 

business  in  the  city 10.00 

Planing  mill  25.00 

Planing  mill,  sash  and  blind  factory  60.00 

Plow  factory 50.00 

Plumber,  steam  pipe,  hot  air,  hot  water  or  gas  fitter....  30.00 


No  license  shall  be  issued  until  the  person  applying 
shall  present  a certificate  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  stating  that  in  his  opinion  the  person  is  a 
competent  plumber,  and  is  fully  qualified  to  do  the 
work  as  prescribed  in  the  plumbing  rules  and  regula- 
tions. And  no  license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than 30.00 

Plumber,  steam  pipe,  hot  air,  hot  water  or  gas  fitter, 
journeyman  in  the  employ  of  any  plumber  or  gas  fitter 
or  any  firm  of  plumbers  or  gas  fitters  shall  stand  ex- 
amination by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works.  No 
license  shall  be  issued  until  the  person  applying  shall 
present  a certificate  from  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works  stating  that  in  his  opinion  the  person  is  a com- 
petent plumber  and  is  fully  qualified  to  do  the  work  as 
prescribed  in  the  plumbing  rules  and  regulations,  for 
which  certificate  he  shall  pay  to  the  City  Treasurer  a 


fee  of  2.00 

Pool,  billiard  or  bagatelle  table — See  billiard  table. 

Pop  corn  stand  or  wagon,  and  no  license  to  be  prorated. . 10.00 

Power  company,  located  out  of  the  city  and  furnishing 

power  within  the  city 100.00 

Power — Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  furnishing  power 
to  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  for  generating  elec- 
tricity or  other  power 100.00 

Pressing  and  cleaning  hats,  ladies’  and  gents’  clothing,  not 

in  connection  with  clothing  dealer  or  tailor 15.00 

Printing  office,  job  and  binding 30.00 

Printing  office,  job  alone  or  in  connection  with  newspaper 

or  other  licensed  business 15.00 

Proprietary  articles,  such  as  perfumery,  medicines,  etc., 


And  the  same  are  not  to  be  sold  on  the  street,  or  from 

house  to  house,  without  additional  tax  of 10.00 

Public  weigher 10.00 

Public  auditor  or  accountant  25.00 

Public  hall  or  theatre,  for  presentation  of  dramatic  and 

other  entertainments  100.00 

Public  hall  or  theatre  for  presentation  of  concerts  and 
lectures  but  not  including  dramatic  entertainment....  15.00 
Public  exhibition,  except  chautauquas,  not  in  licensed  hall 
or  street  or  tent  show  not  otherwise  taxed,  $50.00  per 

week,  and  no  license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than 50.00 

Phonograph,  or  similar  thing  per  month  $5.00  and  no 
license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than 5.00 


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R. 

Railroad  company,  delivering  freight  from  the  cars  on 

the  streets  of  the  city $100.00 

Real  estate  agency — See  agency,  also  broker. 

Redemption  and  debenture  company 25.00 

Refinery  of  sugar  or  syrup  alone  or  in  connection  with 

any  other  licensed  business 50.00 

Restaurant  or  cafe — See  cafe  or  restaurant. 

Roofers,  asphalt,  gravel  or  other  material 25.00 

Rubber  balloons,  and  similar  toys,  dealers  in,  $5.00  per 
month.  No  license  to  be  issued  for  less  than 5.00 

S. 

Scales,  public  weighing  for  the  public  for  pay 25.00 

Scales,  repairers  of,  not  in  connection  with  any  other 

licensed  business  10.00 

Scissors,  knife  and  saw  grinders  or  sharpeners  and  no 

license  prorated 5.00 

Seed  stores  15.00 

Sellers  of  non-intoxicating  or  soft  drinks  of  any  kind  not 
to  include  near  beer  or  cider  or  not  in  connection  with 
sale  of  other  merchandise.  No  license  to  be  prorated. . 10.00 

No  screens,  partitions  or  other  obstructions  allowed 
which  will  prevent  public  view  of  such  place  or  places 
where  this  class  of  drinks  are  sold. 

Sewing  machines,  agent  for,  each  company  or  factory 25.00 

Sewing  machines,  dealers  in,  not  in  connection  with  any 


other  line  of  business 25.00 

Sewing  machines,  repairers  of,  whether  having  shop  or 

not  10.00 

Shooting  gallery  15.00 

Show  case  manufacturer  60.00 

Sign  painter — See  painters. 

Skating  rink  25.00 

Slot  machines,  meaning  weighing  machines  and  machines 
for  sale  of  gum,  candy  or  other  merchandise,  not  in 

connection  with  any  business,  not  prorated 10.00 

Soap  factory  10.00 

Soda  fount,  alone  10.00 

Soda  fount  in  connection  with  any  other  licensed  business  5.00 
Soft  drinks — See  sellers  of. 

Stables — Each  livery  stable,  keeper,  firm  or  corporation 
for  keeping  or  feeding  horses  or  mules  for  hire,  not 
to  include  drays  or  wagons  to  haul  in  competition  with 

licensed  drays  or  wagons 60.00 

Stables — Sale  and  feed,  each  sale  or  feed  stable  or  lot 
keeper  without  livery  40.00 


Each  keeper  of  a livery  stable  who  does  a hack  busi- 
ness in  addition  to  his  stable  business  shall  take  out  a 
license  for  each  hack  run  by  him  the  same  as  regular 
hackmen.  Each  and  every  person,  firm  or  corporation, 
including  warehousemen,  dealing  in  horses  or  mules, 
and  each  and  every  person  known  as  drovers,  selling 
their  stock  in  the  city  shall  pay 25.00 


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A license  granted  to  any  sale  or  livery  stable  shall  not 
authorize  the  holder  of  said  license  to  sell  for  any  tran- 
sient dealer  or  any  person  bringing  horses  or  mules  into 
the  city  for  sale,  but  every  such  transient  dealer  or 
other  person  shall  be  compelled  to  take  out  a license  as 
required  by  this  ordinance.  Each  proprietor  of  a sale 
or  livery  stable  shall  be  held  responsible  for  this  license 
on  all  stock  sold  from  his  premises. 

Stocks,  mining  or  other  stocks  in  non-resident  corpora- 
tions, persons,  firms  or  corporations  other  than  licensed 


brokers  in  securities  selling  same $ 50.00 

And  no  license  issued  for  less  than  $50.00. 

Store  fixtures,  dealers  in  40.00 

Stencil  cutters  5.00 

Street  railroad  company,  doing  a passenger  business....  100.00 

Street  musician,  per  month,  each 5.0U 

No  license  to  be  prorated. 

Street  sellers,  transient  of  notions,  novelty,  jewelry  and 

similar  articles,  per  month,  each 10.00 

No  license  to  be  prorated. 

Sugar  or  syrup  refinery,  alone  or  in  connection  with  any 
other  licensed  business 50.00 


T. 


Tailor  shop,  not  selling  materials  to  include  cleaning  and 

pressing  15.00 

Tailor,  selling  materials  from  sample  or  stock,  and  mak- 
ing of  men’s  and  ladies’  clothing  or  ordering  such  cloth- 
ing from  samples  25.00 

Telegraph  companies  50.00 

Telephone  companies 100.00 


The  license  issued  to  telegraph  and  telephone  compa- 
nies is  subject  to  this  provision;  That  such  company 
shall  move  or  alter  the  position  of  any  telegraph  or 
telephone  pole  or  wire  when  required  to  do  so  by  the 
Street  and  Sewer  Committee  of  this  Council,  or  by 
Council,  and  in  case  of  refusal  to  do  so  the  superin- 
tendent or  manager  shall  on  conviction  thereof,  be  pun- 
ished by  a fine  of  not  more  than  $100.00  or  imprison- 
ment not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or  both  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


Ten  pen  alleys,  kept  for  public  play 30.00 

Terra  cotta  pipe,  dealer  in 10.00 

Ticket  seller,  electric  theatre,  vaudeville  show  or  other 
similar  entertainment,  selling  tickets  at  any  place  other 

than  the  ticket  office,  on  each  person  selling 10.00 

Tin  shop,  not  registered  as  merchants  including  tin  or 

metal  roofing  10.00 

Tinkers  5.00 

Tobacco  and  cigars,  wholesale  and  retail 50.00 

Tobacco  and  cigars,  retail  dealer  in 30.00 

Tobacco  and  cigars,  manufacturer  of 20.00 

Any  manufacturer  selling  in  less  quantities  than  100 

shall  pay  an  additional  license  of 10.00 

Towel  supply,  alone  or  in  connection  with  any  other 
business  5.00 


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Typewriter  or  adding  machine,  dealer  in,  agent  for  and 

repairer  of  $ 25.00 

Typewriter  or  adding  machine,  repairer  of,  local  or 

itinerant  5.00 

Trading  stamps,  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  doing  a 

trading  stamp  business  in  the  City  of  Columbus. 250.00 


U. 


Undertaker  

Umbrella  repairer 


25.00 

5.00 


Y. 

Veterinary  surgeon,  with  infirmary  or  hospital 25.00 


W. 


Wagon  or  stock  yard...-..; 25.00 

Keeper  of  wagon  or  stock  yard,  keeping  horses  or 
mules  for  sale  shall  take  license  as  sale  and  feed  stables  40.00 

Wagon  factory,  selling  at  wholesale 50.00 

Warehouse,  cotton  100.00 

Warehouse  for  storage  of  merchandise  other  than  cotton. . 25.00 

Weighing,  striking  or  similar  machine,  per  month,  $5.00, 

and  no  license  issued  for  less  than 5.00 

Wheelwright  5.00 

Wood  yard  or  wood  dealer,  alone  or  in  connection  with 
any  other  licensed  business,  doing  business  in  the  City 
of  Columbus,  whether  his  yard  or  place  for  preparing 
his  wood  is  located  within  the  city  limits  or  not 10.00 


SEC.  241. — Persons  Represented  by  Agents. — All  persons,  firms 
or  corporations  or  manufacturing  companies,  having  either  their 
business  proper,  or  their  general  or  branch  office  or  agency 
located  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city,  or  who  are  repre- 
sented in  said  city  by  officers  or  agents  soliciting  or  transacting 
business  for  them  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city,  shall 
be  required  to  register  and  take  out  the  necessary  license  for 
said  business  prescribed  in  this  ordinance,  and  in  default  thereof, 
the  officer  or  agent  for  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  or 
manufacturing  company  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalty  as 
other  persons  who  fail  to  register,  and  take  out  a license. 

SEC.  242. — Itinerant  Traders. — The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aider- 
men  shall  impose  such  taxes  from  time  to  time  as  they  may  deem 
just  and  equitable  upon  all  local  and  itinerant  traders  or  agents, 
or  other  persons  not  specially  mentioned  in  this  ordinance. 
The  Mayor  may,  in  case  of  emergency,  fix  such  licenses  as  he 


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may  deem  equitable  and  just  upon  all  local  and  itinerant  agents 
or  trader  or  other  persons  not  specifically  mentioned  in  this 
ordinance.  This  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  alteration  or 
repeal  in  whole  or  in  part  at  any  time,  and  no  such  amendment 
shall  be  construed  to  deny  the  right  of  Council  to  assess  and 
collect  any  of  the  tax  or  license  charges  prescribed. 

SEC.  243. — Canvassers  and  Transient  Agents. — Transient 
traders  in  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  of  any  description 
whatever,  also  agents,  canvassers  for  the  sale  of  any  article 
whatever,  itinerant  physicians  or  sellers  of  proprietary  articles 
or  nostrums,  before  exposing  or  offering  the  same  for  sale  shall 
first  register  and  pay  such  special  tax  as  is  fixed  in  these 
ordinances,  or  that  may  be  hereafter  or  at  any  time,  prescribed 
by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  in  default  of  such 
registry  and  payment  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  to  exceed 
thirty  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  sixty  days,  either 
or  both  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  244. — Former  Tax  Ordinances  Still  in  Force. — So  much 
and  such  parts  of  ordinances  heretofore  passed  as  provided  for 
the  issuing  and  enforcing  of  executions  for  any  tax  or  assessment 
required  by  such  ordinance,  or  that  impose  fine  and  penalties 
for  the  non-payment  of  such  tax,  or  for  the  failure  to  register 
or  to  take  out  license  provided  for  in  said  ordinance  or  ordi- 
nances, shall  continue  and  remain  in  force  until  such  tax  or 
assessment  shall  be  fully  paid. 

SEC.  245. — Duties  of  Marshal  and  Police  Department. — It  is 
hereby  made  the  special  duty  of  the  Marshal  and  police  depart- 
ment to  see  that  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to 
street  tax  and  special  or  business  is  observed;  and  to  summon  all 
violators  of  the  same  to  appear  before  the  Recorder’s  Court. 
And  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  and  Chief  of 
Police  to  inspect  all  licenses  issued  by  the  City  of  Columbus 
as  often  as  in  their  judgment  it  may  seem  necessary,  to  determine 
that  the  license  held  is  a proper  and  sufficient  one  for  the  busi- 
ness sought  to  be  transacted  thereunder.  And  the  Recorder  is 
hereby  given  authority  to  punish  any  and  all  violators  of  the 
same  by  a fine  not  to  exceed  $100  or  imprisonment  for  sixty 
days,  either  or  both  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


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SEC.  246. — This  ordinance  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect 
until  the  tax  ordinance  for  the  year  1915  shall  have  been  adopted. 

SEC.  247. — Rights  of  Council  Over. — In  any  case  where  a 
license  tax,  as  fixed  under  this  ordinance  may  have  been  paid 
for  the  year  1915  before  the  adoption  of  the  tax  ordinance  for 
that  year,  that  the  same  shall  be  subject  to  the  right  of  Council 
to  raise  or  lower  the  same,  as  may  be  determined  upon  in  the 
general  tax  ordinance  for  the  year  1915. 

SEC.  248. — Where  the  license  tax  exceeds  the  sum  of  $5.00, 
the  Treasurer,  upon  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  may  prorate  the 
price  of  all  license  taxes  hereinbefore  enumerated,  (except 
where  otherwise  provided  in  this  chapter),  upon  all  business, 
trades  and  occupations,  including  dray  and  hack  licenses,  com- 
menced after  the  first  day  of  July,  1914,  but  no  license  shall  be 
issued  for  a sum  less  than  one-half  the  cost  of  the  full  year’s 
license. 

SEC.  249. — It  is  ordained  by  the  authority  aforesaid , That  all 
ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  or  resolutions  in  conflict  with 
this  ordinance  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Adopted  in  Council  February  4th,  1914. 

Approved:  JNO.  C.  COOK, 

Mayor. 

Attest:  M.  M.  MOORE, 

Clerk  of  Council. 


ORDINANCE. 


CHAPTER  3 3. 


FIXING  DRAY,  HACK,  AUTOMOBILE  AND  OTHER  VEHICLE 
LICENSE  FOR  THE  YEAR  1014. 

SECTION  250. — It  is  ordained  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  That  for  the  year  1914,  the  rate  of 
dray,  hack,  automobile  and  other  vehicle  license  shall  be  as 
follows: 


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Hack,  drawn  by  one  horse $15.00 

Hack,  drawn  by  two  horses  20.00 

Automobile,  carrying  passengers  for  a fare 20.00 

Automobile,  delivering  merchandise,  baggage  or  freight 

2,000  pound  capacity,  $15.00;  over  2,000  pounds 25.00 

Dray,  express  or  other  vehicle  used  for  delivering  mer- 
chandise of  any  kind,  drawn  by  one  horse 10.00 

Express  or  other  vehicles  used  for  delivering  merchan- 
dise, except  drays  drawn  by  two  horses 15.00 

Dray,  drawn  by  two  horses 20.00 

Dray,  drawn  by  three  horses 30.00 

Dray,  drawn  by  four  horses 30.00 

Omnibus,  drawn  by  two  horses 20.00 


Each  baggage  wagon,  engaged  exclusively  in  the  transfer  of 
baggage,  whether  run  in  conjunction  with  licensed  hack  or  other 
vehicle,  charging  for  such  transfer  shall  pay  as  a dray. 

Drays  or  other  vehicles,  run  by  any  person  or  firm,  in  their 
own  business  or  otherwise  and  whether  they  be  employed  in 
general  business  of  their  owners  and  their  customers,  shall  pay 
the  same  license  tax  as  is  charged  for  drays. 

License  shall  be  paid  annually  in  advance.  The  owner  of  each 
dray  or  other  vehicle  for  hire  shall  procure  license  and  a num- 
ber, the  number  to  be  fastened  to  the  rear  axle  or  right  hand 
side  of  each  vehicle,  all  old  numbers  to  be  removed  and  the 
police  are  enjoined  to  enforce  this  regulation.  No  license  pro- 
vided for  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  transferred  more  than  one 
time  during  the  year  for  which  it  is  issued,  except  that  licenses 
issued  for  hacks  and  automobiles  carrying  passengers  for  fare 
may  be  transferred  as  hereinafter  provided  for. 

All  hacks  shall  be  required  to  have  a lamp  on  each  side  thereof 
and  the  same  shall  be  lighted  and  the  light  unobstructed  when 
running  at  night,  under  a penalty  of  not  less  than  $1.00  nor 
more  than  $5.00  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder.  All  motor- 
cycles shall  be  required  to  carry  a light  on  the  front  while 
running  at  night. 

Each  and  every  hack  or  vehicle  used  in  the  City  of  Columbus 
for  the  transportation  of  passengers  shall  have  the  license 
number  of  said  vehicle  plainly  printed  on  the  said  lamp.  For 
violation  of  this  clause  each  person  offending  shall  be  sum- 
moned before  the  Recorder  and  fined  not  less  than  $5.00. 

Each  driver  while  in  charge  of  a hack  or  automobile  carry- 
ing passengers  for  a fare,  shall  wear  on  his  hat  or  cap  or  lapel 


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of  his  coat,  a badge,  the  number  of  which  shall  correspond  with 
the  number  of  hack  or  automobile. 

All  hacks,  drays  and  automobiles  carrying  passengers  for  a 
fare,  are  subject  to  the  call  of  the  police  and  chief  of  the  fire  de- 
partment, and  a refusal  to  respond  to  such  a call  shall  subject  the 
offender  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  $5.00.  No  license  for  a hack 
or  automobile  carrying  passengers  for  a fare  shall  be  issued 
unless  the  applicant  presents  to  the  Clerk  of  Council  a certifi- 
cate from  the  Chief  of  Police  that  the  vehicle  and  team  which 
the  applicant  proposes  to  use  is  such  as  will  be  creditable  and 
safe,  and  that  the  driver  is  of  proper  age,  and  a suitable  and 
proper  person. 

And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  make  monthly 
inspection  of  said  hacks  and  teams  and  automobiles,  carrying 
passengers  for  fare,  on  the  15th  day  of  each  month,  or  such 
other  date  as  may  be  named  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  and  if  found 
in  such  condition  as  to  be  unsafe  or  discreditable,  to  revoke  the 
license  until  such  defects  are  remedied;  also  to  make  a report 
to  Council  every  three  months  of  the  condition  of  said  hacks  and 
teams  and  automobiles,  carrying  passengers  for  a fare.  No 
license  to  be  transferred  except  by  permission  of  the  Chief  of 
Police. 

No  person  shall,  within  the  limits  of  the  union  passenger 
station.  Broad  Street,  Chattahoochee  or  other  railroad  depot, 
drum,  solicit,  persuade  or  attempt  to  induce  any  person  to 
ride  in  any  hack  or  other  licensed  vehicle,  or  not  to  ride  in 
any  particular  hack  or  vehicle. 

No  drummer  or  solicitor  or  person  to  patronize  hotels  or 
boarding  houses,  shall,  when  permitted  within  the  limits  of 
any  railroad  depot,  announce  or  carry  on  his  business  out  of 
an  ordinary  tone  of  voice.  The  violation  of  any  portion  of  the 
above  ordinance  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a fine  not  to  exceed 
$10.00  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  thirty  days  in  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Recorder. 

Adopted  in  Council  December  30,  1913. 

Approved:  JNO.  C.  COOK, 

Attest:  M.  M.  MOORE,  Mayor. 

Clerk  of  Council. 


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ORDINANCE. 


CHAPTER  34. 


REGULATING  THE  SALE  OF  LIQUORS  IN  IMITATION  OF 
ALCOHOL— SPIRITUOUS  OR  MALT  LIQUORS,  1914. 

SECTION  251. — Near  Beer  Licenses. — It  is  ordained  by  the 
Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  That  every  per- 
son or  firm  dealing  in  any  beverage  or  drink  of  liquor  in  imita- 
tion of,  or  intended  as  a substitute  for  beer,  wine,  whiskey  or 
other  alcoholic,  spirituous  or  malt  liquors  to  be  sold  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  either  at  wholesale  or 
at  retail,  shall  pay  a license  of  $200.00,  the  business  to  be  carried 
on  only  at  the  place  named  in  the  license,  unless  the  location  is 
changed  by  consent  of  Council.  Application  for  license  shall  be 
made  on  a blank  form,  to  be  furnished  by  the  Clerk  of  Council, 
and  the  tax  shall  be  paid  before  the  license  is  issued.  No 
assignment  or  transfer  of  any  license  shall  be  made  unless  with 
the  consent  of  Council.  The  license  shall  be  posted  conspic- 
uously in  the  place  of  business.  The  Clerk  of  Council  shall 
furnish  the  Chief  of  Police  with  the  name  of  each  person  or 
firm  that  takes  out  a license.  No  license  for  the  sale  of  such 
beverage,  drink  or  liquors  as  referred  to  in  the  above  section, 
shall  be  issued  for  less  than  the  price  of  a full  year’s  license. 
Under  the  wholesale  license  the  dealer  shall  sell  only  in  kegs, 
or  bottles  packed  in  cases  or  barrels  and  shall  not  permit  any 
liquor  to  be  drunk  on  the  premises  or  within  the  place  of 
business.  Under  the  retail  license,  a dealer  shall  not  sell  in 
quantities  greater  than  four  and  one-half  standard  gallons.  All 
licenses  shall  expire  on  the  31st  day  of  December  after  date  of 
license. 

SEC.  252. — Closing  and  Opening  Hours. — All  dealers  or  em- 
ployees having  charge  of  stores  in  which  such  beverages, 
drinks  or  liquors  are  sold,  shall  close  their  places  of  business 


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at  11:30  P.  M.,  and  shall  not  open  same  earlier  than  4:00  o’clock 
A.  M.  In  buildings  in  which  said  liquors  are  sold  at  retail  no 
screens,  partitions  or  other  obstructions  shall  be  allowed  which 
will  prevent  full,  complete  and  public  view  of  such  place  or 
places,  at  all  times  where  such  beverages,  drinks  or  liquors  are 
sold. 

SEC.  253. — Saloons  Subject  to  Inspection. — All  houses  or  places 
of  business  in  which  such  liquors  are  sold  shall  be  subject  to 
inspection  by  the  police  at  any  and  all  times. 

SEC.  254. — Sunday  Regulations. — Dealers  or  employees  hav- 
ing charge  of  houses  or  places  of  business  in  which  any  of  such 

\ 

liquors  are  sold,  shall  not  open  said  houses  or  places  of  business 
nor  permit  same  to  be  opened  on  Sunday  nor  Sunday  night. 

SEC.  255. — Revocation  of  Licenses. — The  Mayor  and  Council 
may  upon  proof  of  the  violation  of  this  ordinance,  or  any 
other  ordinance  of  the  city,  or  law  of  the  state,  in  reference 
to  the  sale  of  liquor,  or  upon  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 
Police  Commissioners,  that  the  license  be  revoked  because  of 
disorderly  conduct  in  the  house  in  which  such  liquors  are 
sold,  or  any  part  of  the  premises  under  control  of  the  party 
holding  a license,  forfeit  and  revoke  the  license  of  the  offending 
party,  and  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  not  be  liable  for  the 
return  or  refunding  of  any  part  of  the  license,  by  reason  of  such 
revocation;  and  all  licenses  are  issued  by  the  city  and  accepted 
by  the  parties  in  taking  them  subject  to  all  conditions  set 
forth  in  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  256. — Penalty  for  Violating. — Any  person  violating  this 
Chapter  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  on  conviction  before  the 
Recorder,  be  punished  by  fine,  not  to  exceed  $100  or  imprison- 
ment not  longer  than  sixty  days,  either  or  both  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Recorder. 


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CHAPTER  35. 


APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  1914. 

SECTION  257. — Appropriations. — . 

Salaries  $ 15,000.00 

Police  40,000.00 

Fire  department  41,000.00 

Streets,  parks  and  sprinkling 12,000.00 

Sewers  3,000.00 

City  stables 7,500.00 

Sanitation  9,500.00 

Hospital  4,500.00 

Cemeteries  5,000.00 

Market  and  magazine 3,300.00 

Bridges  and  wharf  1,800.00 

Gas  and  electric  lights 12,500.00 

Water  rent  11,750.00 

Parks  2,400.00 

City  stockade 1,200.00 

Printing  and  advertising  1,500.00 

Pauper  burials  300.00 

Fuel  account  1,000.00 

Stationery  250.00 

Kindergarten  300.00 

Old  Woman’s  Home 50.00 

Charity  150.00 

Associated  charities  500.00 

Miscellaneous  7,500.00 

Interest  1,500.00 

Georgia  Industrial  Home 100.00 


ARTICLE  V. 


THE  PUBLIC  SAFETY— BUILDINGS— FIRE 
REGULATIONS. 


ARTICLE  V. 


CHAPTER  3 6. 


FIRE  LIMITS. 

SECTION  258. — Fire  Limits  Defined. — The  fire  limits  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  be  as  follows:  All  that  territory  bounded 

by  a line  drawn  from  the  Chattahoochee  river  east  along 
Fifteenth  Street  to  a point  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  east  of 
First  Avenue;  thence  south  to  a point  ninety  feet  south  of 
Tenth  Street;  thence  west  to  a point  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet 
west  of  First  Avenue;  thence  south  to  Ninth  Street;  thence 
west  to  the  river  and  up  along  the  river  to  the  point  of  com- 
mencing; also  all  that  territory  lying  one  hundred  and  ninety- 
three  feet  north  of  Twelfth  Street  and  west  of  Second  Avenue, 
and  all  that  territory  lying  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  south  of 
Twelfth  Street  and  west  of  Second  Avenue;  also  the  city  block 
bounded  on  the  north  by  Fifteenth  Street,  on  the  east  by  the 
right  of  way  of  the  Central  of  Georgia  Railway,  and  on  the 
south  by  Fourteenth  Street,  and  on  the  west  by  Sixth  Avenue. 


CHAPTER  3 7. 


BUILDING  REGULATIONS— PROVIDING  RULES  FOR  THE 
CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS,  ETC. 


SECTION  259. — Permits  to  Build. — When  any  person  shall  be 
desirous  of  erecting,  repairing,  changing  or  altering  any  building, 
buildings  or  structure,  within  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  he  shall  make  application  at  the  office  of  the  General 
Inspector  for  a permit  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  furnish  said 


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Inspector  with  a written  statement  of  the  proposed  location, 
dimensions  and  manner  of  construction  of  the  proposed  buildings 
or  structure,  and  the  materials  to  be  used  and  the  plans  and 
specifications  of  the  proposed  building,  buildings  or  structure, 
which  shall  be  delivered  to  said  Building  Inspector,  and  remain 
in  his  custody  not  exceeding  five  days  to  allow  the  necessary 
examination  to  be  made  of  same},  and  if  required  by  the 
Inspector,  a copy  of  said  plans  and  specifications  shall  be 
filed  in  the  office  of  said  Inspector  of  buildings.  After  which, 
if  it  shall  appear  to  said  Inspector  that  the  laws  and  ordinances 
of  the  city  are  complied  with,  he  shall  give  the  permit  asked  for 
in  writing.  Blank  forms  for  the  detailed  statement,  as  herein 
required,  may  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Inspector  of 
buildings  for  applicants  to  fill  out,  describing  location  of  the, 
proposed  structure,  number  and  height  of  stories,  dimensions 
of  joists  and  timbers  and  distance  apart,  cfimensions  of  support- 
ing iron  work,  (if  any)  for  what  purpose  the  building,  buildings 
or  structure  is  designed,  and  such  other  information  applicable 
to  the  proposed  improvement,  which  statement  so  properly  filled 
out,  the  owner  or  owners,  his  or  their  architect  or  agent,  shall 
sign  the  agreement  contained  in  said  detailed  statement,  that  he 
or  they  will  in  all  respects  construct  the  work  in  accordance 
with  such  detailed  statement,  plans  and  specifications,  and  in 
compliance  with  the  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus, and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  proceed  to  construct,  alter  or 
repair  any  building,  buildings  or  structure  within  the  fire  limits 
of  said  City  of  Columbus,  without  such  permit. 

SEC.  260. — Record  of  Permits. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Inspector  to  keep  a record  of  all  permits  issued,  which  shall  be 
regularly  numbered  in  the  order  of  their  issue,  and  also  a 
record  of  the  statements  upon  which  permits  are  issued.  He 
shall  also  keep  a record  of  and  report  to  the  City  Council  on 
the  1st  of  December  of  each  year,  a full  and  complete  register  of 
the  number,  description  and  size  of  every  building  erected  in 
the  city  during  that  year,  of  what  material  constructed,  with  the 
aggregate  of  the  number,  kind  and  cost  of  buildings. 

SEC.  261. — Inspector’s  Duties. — It  shall  be  the  Inspector’s  duty 
to  visit  and  inspect  each  and  every  house  or  houses,  building  or 


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buildings,  which  may  be  in  the  course  of  erection,  construction 
or  alteration,  within  the  fire  limits  of  the  city,  and  to  see  that 
each  house  or  houses,  building  or  buildings  are  being  erected, 
constructed  or  altered  according  to  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter  and  all  acts  and  ordinances  in  force  in  said  city  and  the 
manner  adopted  for  the  security  thereof  against  fires,  and  the 
safety  of  the  occupants;  that  the  materials  used  are  suitable  for 
the  purpose  and  that  the  work  is  done  in  a substantial  and 
workmanlike  manner,  and  is  of  sufficient  strength  and  solidity 
to  answer  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  designed  and  before  the 
foundations  are  laid,  he  shall  examine  the  trench  dug  for  the 
same,  and  be  fully  satisfied  that  the  soil  or  substratum  is  suffi- 
cient for  the  structure,  or  at  least  the  best  that  can  be  obtained. 
And  should  the  nature  of  the  soil  be  such  and  the  work  of 
sufficient  magnitude  as  to  require  piling,  the  same  should  be 
done;  provided,  that  it  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the  Inspec- 
tor; that  his  visits  and  inspections  shall  be  repeated  from  time 
to  time  during  the  erection,  construction  or  alteration  of  each 
house  or  houses,  building  or  buildings,  until  the  walls  have 
been  completed  and  the  same  enclosed,  when  his  duties  shall 
terminate. 

SEC.  262. — Brick  and  Stone  Buildings. — It  shall  not  be  lawful 
for  any  person  to  erect,  construct  or  build  or  cause  to  be  erected, 
constructed  or  built,  any  brick,  iron,  granite,  marble,  concrete 
or  stone  house  or  building,  or  any  house  or  building  composed 
partly  of  brick,  iron,  granite  or  stone  or  to  alter  any  such 
building  so  as  to  make  it  substantially  a new  building  unless 
the  same  shall  have  been  inspected  from  time  to  time  by  the 
Inspector  of  buildings. 

SEC.  263. — Buildings  in  Fire  Limits. — No  person  or  persons 
shall  erect,  or  cause  to  be  erected,  within  the  fire  limits  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  as  now  established  by  ordinance,  or  hereafter 
may  be  established  by  ordinance,  any  building  or  addition  to 
a building,  the  outer  walls  of  which  are  not  composed  entirely 
of  brick,  stone  or  mortar,  iron,  concrete  or  other  incombustible 
material.  Every  building  erected  or  built  as  aforesaid  shall 
be  covered  or  roofed  with  slate,  tin,  zinc,  copper,  iron  or  other 
fire-proof  roofing,  and  if  any  building  within  the  limits  afore- 
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said  shall  be  destroyed  to  the  extent  of  one-half  thereof,  it 
shall  be  unlawful  to  rebuild  the  same  unless  the  outer  walls 
and  the  roof  of  the  portion  rebuilt  shall  be  composed  entirely 
of  incombustible  materials. 

SEC.  264. — Repairs  in  Fire  Limits. — Whenever  any  frame 
building  within  the  fire  limits  shall  have  become  damaged  by  fire 
or  decay,  the  extent  of  which,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Inspec- 
tor of  buildings  exceeds  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  the 
building,  it  shall  be  condemned  by  the  Inspector  of  buildings 
and  it  shall  be  unlawful,  as  aforesaid,  to  repair  the  same. 
Provided,  however,  that  any  building  or  structure  so  con- 
demned may  be  repaired  for  temporary  occupancy  not  exceed- 
ing thirty  days,  at  the  end  of  which  period  said  building  shall 
be  vacated  and  the  repairs  forthwith  removed. 

SEC.  265. — Height  and  Walls.  Regulations. — The  height  of 
stories  for  all  given  thickness  of  walls  within  the  fire  limits  must 
not  exceed  11  feet  in  the  clear  for  the  basement,  18  feet  in  the 
clear  for  the  first  story,  15  feet  in  the  clear  for  the  second  story, 
13  feet  in  the  clear  for  the  third  story,  12  feet  in  the  clear  for  the 
fourth  story,  and  14  feet  in  clear  average  height  of  upper  story; 
if  any  story  exceeds  these  heights,  respectively,  the  walls  of  such 
story  and  of  all  stories  below  the  same,  shall  be  increased 
four  inches  additional  to  the  thickness  hereafter  mentioned. 

SEC.  266. — Walls  of  Buildings. — In  accordance  with  the  fore- 
going provisions,  all  walls  for  business  buildings  or  for  buildings 
used  for  store  purposes  and  dwellings  combined  shall  be  of 
the  thickness  designated  in  the  following  table: 

Height  of  Building.  Thickness  of  Wall  in  Inches. 

1 story  building 13. 

2 story  building 13,  13. 

3 story  building 17,  13,  13. 

4 story  building 17,  17,  13,  13. 

5 story  building 22,  17,  17,  13,  13. 

6 story  building 22,  22,  17,  17,  13,  13. 

Parapet  wall  to  rise  not  less  than  18  inches  above  roof,  and 
to  be  not  less  than  13  inches  thick. 

Girder  and  beams  to  rest  on  ledges  of  metal,  stone  or  brick. 
Provided,  that  in  buildings  of  more  than  one  story  in  height 


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where  the  weight  of  the  floor  is  carried  on  reinforced  concrete 
columns  and  no  portion  of  the  weight  of  the  floor  is  carried  by 
the  walls  of  the  building,  four  inches  may  be  deducted  from 
the  thickness  of  the  walls  as  above  specified;  provided,  that  no 
walls  of  less  than  13  inches  thickness  shall  be  permitted. 

The  following  being  a full  and  correct  description  of  a 
standard  building: 

Is  one  having  walls  of  brick  or  stone  (brick  preferred)  not 
less  than  13  inches  thick  at  top  story,  extending  through,  and 
18  inches  above  roof  in  parapet  and  coped,  and  increasing  4 
inches  in  thickness  for  each  story  below  the  ground,  the 
increased  thickness  for  each  story  to  be  utilized  for  beam  and 
girder  ledges.  Ground  floor  area  not  over  5,000  square  feet,  (say 
50  by  100);  height  not  over  four  stories,  or  50  feet;  floors  of  3 
inch  plank,  covered  by  1 inch  flooring,  crossing  at  right  angles, 
with  water-proof  paper  between  (tin  or  sheet-iron  preferred) ; 
wooden  beams  and  girders  and  wooden  story  posts 
or  columns  12 inches  square  or  protected  iron  columns;  elevators, 
stairways,  etc.,  cut  by  brick  walls  or  plaster  on  metallic  studs 
and  lathing  communications  with  stairway  at  each  floor  pro- 
tected with  approved  tin  covered  doors  and  fire  proof  sills; 
windows  and  doors  on  exposed  sides  protected  by  approved 
tin  covered  doors  and  shutters;  walls  of  flues  not  less  than  8 
inches  in  thickness  to  be  lined  with  fire  brick,  terra  cotta  or 
cast  iron,  and  throat  capacity  not  less  than  64  square  inches,  if 
steam  boilers  are  used;  all  floor  timbers  to  be  trimmed  at  least 
4 inches  from  outside  of  flue;  heated  by  steam;  lighted  by 
gas;  cornices  of  brick,  metal,  terra  cotta  or  other  incombustible 
material;  roof  covered  with  metal  or  tile;  if  partitions  are  hollow 
or  walls  are  furred  off  there  must  be  mortar  or  other  fire  stops  at 
each  floor. 

SEC.  267. — Business  Buildings. — The  term  “business  building” 
shall  embrace  all  buildings  used  principally  for  business  pur- 
poses, thus  including,  among  others,  hotels,  theatres  and  office 
buildings. 

SEC.  268. — The  term  “wholesale  store”  or  “warehouse”  shall 
embrace  all  buildings  used  or  intended  to  be  used  exclusively  for 
purposes  of  mercantile  business  or  storage  of  goods. 


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SEC.  269. — Basements. — A basement  story  of  any  building  is 
defined  as  a story  whose  floor  is  12  inches  or  more  below  the 
sidewalk  and  whose  height  does  not  exceed  11  feet  in  the  clear. 
All  such  stories  that  exceed  12  feet  high  shall  be  considered  as 
first  stories. 

SEC.  270. — Height. — The  height  of  all  buildings  for  the  purpose 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  taken  from  the  grade  of  sidewalk  to 
a point  half  way  from  the  lowest  to  the  highest  part  of  the 
roof. 

SEC.  271. — Height  Increased.  How. — Whenever  it  is  sought  to 
increase  the  height  of  any  building  beyond  the  height  for  which 
the  original  permit  was  granted,  the  thickness  of  walls  thereof 
shall  also  be  increased  in  accordance  with  the  table  in  Section  9, 
above  entitled,  “walls  of  buildings.” 

SEC.  272. — Churches  and  Public  Halls. — The  outside  walls  of 
rooms  having  trussed  roofs  or  ceilings,  such  as  churches,  public 
halls,  theatres,  dining  rooms,  or  the  like,  if  more  than  15  or  less 
than  25  feet  high,  shall  average  at  least  16  inches;  if  over  25  feet 
high,  at  least  20  inches;  if  over  45  feet  high,  at  least  24  inches  in 
thickness.  An  increase  of  4 inches  in  thickness  shall  be  made 
in  all  cases  where  the  walls  are  over  100  feet  long,  unless  there 
are  cross  walls  of  equal  height. 

SEC.  273. — Thickness  of  Walls.  Regulations. — If  solid  but- 
tresses are  employed  with  a sectional  area  of  300  or  more 
square  inches,  placed  less  than  18  feet  apart,  and  extended  to 
or  nearly  to  top  of  walls,  4 inches  may  be  deducted  from  the 
thickness  of  any  wall  having  such  buttresses. 

SEC.  274. — Cut  Stone  Facings. — Cut  stone  facings  of  walls  shall 
be  backed  up  with  brick  work  of  same  thickness  required 
where  no  cut  stone  is  used.  In  cases  where  the  cut  stone  is 
used,  in  a great  measure,  self-supporting,  4 inches  less  thickness 
of  brick  back  may  be  used.  Ashler  fronts,  properly  bonded  to 
the  brick  work  may  have  backing  same  as  self-supporting  stone 
fronts  or  walls. 

SEC.  275. — Party  Walls. — Any  party  wall  now  existing  that 
shall  have  been  built  conformable  to  the  requirements  of  any 
law  regulating  the  construction  of  such  walls,  and  in  force  at  the 


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time  of  such  construction,  if  sound  and  in  good  condition,  may 
be  used  in  the  construction  of  any  adjoining  building;  provided, 
however,  that  no  brick  work  shall  be  placed  on  such  wall  to 
give  additional  height  to  the  wall,  unless  the  thickness  of  such 
additional  wall  and  the  thickness  of  the  old  wall  in  each  story 
shall  at  least  equal  thickness  required  for  division  walls.  This 
Section  shall  apply  in  all  cases  where  it  is  desired  to  add  ad- 
ditional height  to  any  business  building.  In  case  of  outside 
walls  of  any  business  building  being  built  against  the  wall  of  any 
old  building  (not  being  a party  wall)  the  new  wall  shall  be  of 
the  same  thickness  required  for  outside  walls  in  such  building. 

SEC.  276. — Electrical  Work.  Permits  and  Inspections. — The 
installation  of  all  electrical  wiring  in  the  City  of  Columbus  for 
all  light,  power  or  other  use,  shall  be  done  in  strict  accordance 
with  the  rules  of  the  Southeastern  Underwriters  Association. 
All  persons,  firms  and  corporations  desiring  to  install  electric 
wiring,  shall  make  written  application  for  permit  to  do  so  to 
the  General  Inspector  on  blank  form  furnished  by  said  General 
Inspector  for  that  purpose,  and  before  said  wiring  shall  be  con- 
nected for  use  the  same  shall  be  subject  to  and  shall  be  inspected 
by  the  General  Inspector  of  the  city  to  see  that  such  wiring 
has  been  installed  in  a workmanlike  manner,  and  in  compliance 
with  Southeastern  Underwriters  rules  and  regulations  for  elec- 
tric wiring. 

SEC.  277. — Connecting  Service  Wires.  Permits  and  Inspection. 
That  all  electric  or  power  companies  engaged  in  soiling  elec- 
tricity in  the  city,  shall  before  connecting  their  service  wires  to 
such  installations  have  furnished  to  them  by  the  owner  or 
tenant  the  certificate  of  Inspector  showing  that  the  work  has 
been  approved  by  the  General  Inspector. 

SEC.  278. — Dwellings  in  Fire  Limits. — All  dwelling  houses  in 
the  fire  limits,  including  those  having  first  story  used  for 
business  purposes  and  all  other  buildings  that  are  used  more 
than  two  stories  high,  having  flat  roof,  shall  have  all  the  walls 
(except  front  walls)  extended  16  inches  above  the  roof,  and  not 
less  than  8 inches  thick;  to  have  proper  copings  of  incombustible 
materials,  double  pitched  roofs,  to  have  their  division  and  side 


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walls  carried  up,  forming  fire  walls  in  same  manner;  walls  at 
eaves  of  all  roofs  (except  flat  roofs)  shall  be  carried  up  their  full 
thickness  flush  with  the  upper  edge  of  the  rafters  of  the  roof, 
and  the  sheeting  boards  shall  be  bedded  in  mortar  on  such 
walls. 

SEC.  279. — Roofs  of  Business  Buildings. — Business  buildings 
more  than  two  stories  high,  having  flat  roofs,  shall  have  their 
side  and  rear  walls  carried  up  2 feet  above  the  roof;  division  or 
party  walls,  4 feet  above  forming  fire  walls  not  less  than  12 
inches  thick,  to  have  copings  of  incombustible  material;  front 
walls  may  terminate  flush  with  the  upper  surface  of  sheeting  of 
roof.  Division  and  party  walls  to  extend  through  mansard  or 
other  steep  roofs  not  less  than  16  inches  and  having  copings  same 
as  other  fire  walls. 

SEC.  280. — Chimneys. — No  chimney  shall  be  built  with  less 
than  4 inch  wall,  and  no  chimney  top  shall  be  less  than  5 feet 
above  the  roof  (for  flat  roofs),  and  2 feet  above  the  ridge  of 
any  pitched  roof.  Ordinary  flues  in  business  buildings  shall 
have  walls  and  8 inch  jams;  flues  larger  than  250  square  inches 
and  less  than  500  square  inches  shall  be  surrounded  with  walls 
not  less  than  8 inches  thick;  those  erected  or  hereafter  to  be 
built  or  erected,  shall  not  be  cut  off  or  altered  without  a permit 
to  do  so  having  been  first  obtained  from  the  Inspector.  Every 
temporary  support  placed  under  any  structure  wall,  girder, 
beam  or  column  during  the  erection,  finishing,  altering  or  repair- 
ing of  any  building  or  part  thereof,  shall  be  equal  in  strength 
to  the  permanent  support  for  such  construction. 

SEC.  281 — Doorways  and  Openings. — No  opening  or  doorway 
shall  be  cut  through  a party  wall  of  a brick  building  without  a 
permit  from  the  Inspector  and  every  such  doorway  or  opening1 
shall  have  top,  bottom  and  sides  of  stone,  brick  or  iron;  shall 
be  closed  by  two  standard  metal  covered  doors  (separated  by 
the  thickness  of  the  wall)  hung  to  rabbitted  iron  frames  or  to 
iron  hinges  in  brick  or  stone  rabbits;  shall  not  exceed  10  feet 
in  height  and  8 feet  in  width  and  every  opening  other  than  a 
doorway  shall  be  protected  in  a manner  satisfactory  to  the 
Inspector. 


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SEC.  282. — Wood  Used  in  Walls.  Regulations. — No  timber, 
excepting  lathing  strips,  shall  be  used  in  any  wall  of  any  brick 
building,  except  arched  forms  for  interior  arched  opening. 

SEC.  283. — Anchors  in  Walls. — All  walls  of  a brick  building 
on  which  the  ends  of  beams  rest  shall  be  anchored  at  each 
tier  of  beams  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  10  feet  apart,  with 
good,  strong  wrought  iron  anchors  at  least  i inch  by  IT  inches 
well  built  into  the  walls,  and  fastened  at  the  top  of  the  beams; 
and  where  the  beams  are  supported  by  girders,  the  ends  of  the 
beams  resting  on  the  girders  shall  be  butted  together,  end  to  end 
and  strapped  with  wrought  iron  straps  or  tie  irons  at  the  same 
distance  and  in  the  same  beams  as  the  wall  anchors  and  shall  be 
well  fastened. 

SEC.  284. — Piers. — All  piers  shall  be  built  of  the  best  quality 
of  good,  well  burnt  hard  brick,  laid  in  cement  and  sand  mortar, 
and  well  wet  when  laid  in  warm  weather. 

SEC.  285. — Brick  Piers  Under  Lintels. — Brick  piers,  under 
lintels,  girders  or  columns  of  brick  buildings  over  one  story  high 
shall  have  a cap  of  iron  at  least  2 inches  thick,  the  full  size  of 
the  pier. 

SEC.  286. — Brick  Piers. — Brick  piers  and  buttresses  shall  be 
bonded  with  thorough  courses,  level  and  bedded,  each  course, 
and  where  their  foundations  rest  on  piles,  a sufficient  number 
shall  be  driven  to  insure  a proper  support. 

SEC.  287. — Metal  Columns. — Every  metal  column  in  a brick 
building  shall  rest  on  an  iron  plate  of  not  less  thickness  than 
2 inches.  Wooden  columns  supporting  girders  and  floors  in 
such  buildings  shall  set  on  H inch  iron  plates,  with  sockets  and 
counter  sinkages. 

SEC.  288. — Backing  of  Iron  Fronts. — The  backing  of  any  iron 
front  that  is  not  wholly  self-supporting  shall  be  treated  as  an 
independent  wall.  If  the  iron  is  self-supporting  then  the  party 
wall  shall  be  extended  to  meet  the  outer  thickness  of  iron,  and  all 
vacancies  shall  be  filled  with  grout  to  insure  a complete  separa- 
tion of  adjoining  buildings. 

SEC.  289. — Roofs  in  Fire  Limits.  Pitch  of  Roofs. — The  weather 
covering  of  all  roofs  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  made  of 


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incombustible  materials,  the  pitch  of  non-combustible  compo- 
sition roofs  shall  not  exceed  two  inches  to  the  foot. 

SEC.  290. — Roofs.  Tar  or  Woodwork. — No  uncovered  tar, 
composition,  resin,  felt  or  woodwork  shall  in  any  way  be 
exposed  on  any  roof  or  appendages. 

SEC.  291. — Flues. — Appendages  of  any  business  building  above 
the  first  story  and  above  thirty  feet  from  grade  of  sidewalk  on 
any  building,  walls  of  such  flues  above  the  inlet  funnel  shall 
be  12  inches  thick  for  the.  first  15  feet  around  and  above  such 
inlet;  tops  of  such  chimneys  to  be  at  least  8 feet  above  the  roof, 
or  five  feet  above  the  highest  part  of  the  roof  within  50  feet  of 
such  chimney.  Flues  with  more  than  500  or  less  than  800  inches 
area  shall  have  not  less  than  12  inch  walls  for  the  first  36  feet 
and  16  inch  walls  opposite  the  inlet  and  10  feet  above  the  same, 
top  of  chimney  10  feet  above  the  roof,  or  7 feet  above  the  highest 
part  of  the  roof  within  50  feet  of  such  chimney; provided,  that  all 
chimneys  having  walls  less  than  8 inches  thick  shall  be  plastered 
on  the  brick  or  covered  with  metallic  lath  or  wire  cloth,  before 
plastering. 

SEC.  292. — Chimneys  and  Flues. — The  provisions  of  the  fore- 
going Sections  as  to  the  thickness  of  walls  pertaining  to  chim- 
neys shall  be  applicable  only  to  such  chimneys  as  are  part  of 
or  situated  in  any  building.  Flues  in  party  walls  shall  not 
extend  beyond  the  center  of  the  wall.  Joint  flues  in  party  walls 
shall  be  separated  by  a 4 inch  width  of  fire  brick  their  entire 
length. 

SEC.  293. — Chimney  Foundations. — Any  chimney  not  forming 
a part  of  a wall  shall  rest  upon  the  ground,  with  proper  founda- 
tion and  in  no  case  shall  any  chimney  rest  on  or  be  supported 
by  frame  work,  beams  or  posts  of  woodwork  of  any  description. 

SEC.  294. — Foundations  of  Buildings. — Proper  foundation  of 
masonry  shall  be  prepared  for  the  support  of  buildings  and  no 
foundation  shall  be  less  than  one  foot  below  the  exposed  surface 
of  the  ground  and  in  no  case  shall  any  foundation  rest  on  any 
filling  or  made  ground.  The  breadths  of  the  foundations  of  the 
several  parts  of  any  buildings  shall  be  proportioned  so  that  as 
nearly  as  practicable  the  pressure  shall  be  equal  on  each  square 


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foot  of  the  foundation.  Cement  mortar  shall  be  used  in  the 
masonry  of  all  foundations  exposed  to  dampness. 

SEC.  295. — Piles. — Piles  driven  for  a wall  to  rest  upon  shall 
not  be  less  than  8 inches  in  diameter  at  the  smallest  end  and 
shall  be  spaced  not  more  than  3 feet  on  centers  in  the  direction 
of  the  length  of  the  wall,  and  nearer  if  required  by  the  Inspec- 
tor. The  Inspector  shall  determine  the  grade  at  which  piles 
shall  be  cut  off. 

SEC.  296. — Walls  on  Piles. — Walls  not  exceeding  20  feet  in 
height,  where  piling  is  necessary  may  rest  on  a single  row  of 
piles  if  deemed  advisable  by  the  Inspector;  walls  exceeding  20 
feet  in  height  shall  rest  on  not  less  than  two  rows  of  piles. 
Extra  piles  shall  be  driven  where  required  by  the  Inspector. 

SEC.  297. — Headers  in  Brick  Walls. — In  brick  walls  every 
seventh  course  shall  be  headers.  All  fire  flues  shall  be  smoothly 
plastered  or  have  struck  joints.  Walls  shall  be  securely  anchor- 
ed to  the  timbers  and  joists  resting  upon  them. 

SEC.  298. — Hollow  Walls. — Hollow  walls,  not  bearing  walls, 
may  be  used  in  all  cases;  but  all  hollow  walls  shall  be  bonded 
or  tied  together  with  incombustible  anchors,  placed  not  more 
than  3 feet  apart.  If  used  as  bearing  walls,  the  thickness  shall 
be  reckoned  by  their  solid  parts,  unless  either  part  is  at  least 
8 inches  thick,  and  solid  connections  are  made  in  upright  direc- 
tion, not  less  than  12  inches  wide  nor  more  than  8 feet  apart 
from  centers.  In  such  cases  two-thirds  of  the  hollow  space 
shall  be  connected  with  the  solid  parts.  Provided,  that  in  no 
case  shall  the  ends  of  the  joists  or  other  wood  be  allowed  to  come 
within  four  inches  of  the  hollow  space. 

SEC.  299. — Walls.  Temporary  Supports. — No  wall  of  any 
building  now  erected  or  hereafter  to  be  erected  or  built,  shall  be 
cut  off  or  altered  without  a permit  so  to  do  having  been  first 
obtained  from  the  Inspector.  Every  temporary  support  placed 
under  any  structure  wall,  girder,  beam  or  column  during  the 
erection,  finishing,  altering  or  repairing  of  any  building  or 
part  thereof,  shall  be  equal  in  strength  to  the  permanent  sup- 
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SEC.  300. — Doorways.  Party  Walls.  Permits. — No  opening 
or  doorway  shall  be  cut  through  a party  wall  of  a brick  building 
without  a permit  from  the  Inspector,  and  every  such  doorway  or 
opening  shall  have  top,  bottom  and  sides  of  stone,  brick  or  iron; 
shall  be  closed  by  two  standard  metal  covered  doors  (separated 
by  the  thickness  of  the  wall)  hung  to  iron  frame  or  to  iron 
hinges  in  brick  or  stone  rabbits;  shall  not  exceed  10  feet  in 
height  and  8 feet  in  width,  and  every  opening,  other  than  a 
doorway  shall  be  protected  in  a manner  satisfactory  to  the 
Inspector. 

SEC.  301. — Brick  Walls. — No  timber,  excepting  lathing  strips, 
shall  be  used  in  any  wall  of  any  brick  building  except  arch 
forms  for  interior  arch  opening. 

SEC.  302. — All  walls  of  a brick  building  on  which  the  ends  of 
beams  rest  shall  be  anchored  at  each  tier  of  beams  at  intervals 
of  not  more  than  10  feet  apart,  with  good,  strong  wrought  iron 
anchors  at  least  one-half  inch,  well  built  into  the  walls  and 
fastened  at  the  bottom  of  the  beams;  and  where  the  beams  are 
supported  by  girders,  the  ends  of  the  beams  resting  on  the 
girders  shall  be  butted  together,  end  to  end,  and  strapped  with 
wrought  iron  straps  or  tie  irons  at  the  same  distance  apart 
and  in  the  same  beams  as  the  wall  anchors  and  shall  be  well 
fastened. 

SEC.  303.— Piers. — All  piers  shall  be  built  of  the  best  quality 
of  good,  well  burnt  hard  brick,  laid  in  cement  and  sand  mortar 
and  well  wet  when  laid  in  warm  weather. 

SEC.  304. — Brick  Piers.  Caps. — Brick  piers,  under  lintels,  gird- 
ers or  columns  of  brick  buildings  over  one  story  high  shall 
have  a cap  of  iron  at  least  two  inches  thick,  the  full  size  of  the 
pier. 

SEC.  305. — Brick  Piers  and  Buttresses. — Brick  piers  and  but- 
tresses shall  be  bonded  with  thorough  courses,  level 
arid  bedded,  each  course,  and  where  their  foundations  rest  on 
piles  a sufficient  number  shall  be  driven  to  insure  a proper 
support. 

SEC.  306. — Metal  Columns. — Every  metal  column  in  a brick 
building  shall  rest  on  an  iron  plate  of  not  less  thickness  than  two 


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inches.  Wooden  columns  supporting  girders  and  floors  in  such 
buildings  shall  set  on  one  and  a half  inch  iron  plates  with 
sockets  and  counter  sinkages. 

SEC.  307. — Backing  of  Fronts. — The  backing  of  any  iron  front 
that  is  not  wholly  self-supporting  shall  be  treated  as  an  inde- 
pendent wall.  If  the  iron  is  self-supporting,  then  the  party 
wall  shall  be  extended  to  meet  the  outer  thickness  of  iron  and  all 
vacancies  shall  be  filled  with  grout  to  insure  a complete  separa- 
tion of  adjoining  buildings. 

SEC.  308. — Roofs. — The  weather  covering  of  all  roofs  within 
the  fire  limits  shall  be  made  of  incombustible  materials.  The 
pitch  of  non-combustible  composition  roofs  shall  not  exceed  two 
inches  to  the  foot. 

SEC.  309. — Roofs. — No  uncovered  tar,  composition,  resin,  felt 
or  woodwork  shall  in  any  way  be  exposed  on  any  roof  or 
appendages. 

SEC.  310. — Appendages  of  Business  Buildings. — Appendages  of 
any  business  building  above  the  first  story  and  above  thirty 
feet  from  grade  of  sidewalk  on  any  building,  if  not  wholly  of 
incombustible  material  shall  be  enveloped  with  metal.  Dormer 
windows,  cornices,  mouldings,  balconies,  bay  windows,  towers, 
spires,  ventilators,  etc.,  shall  be  considered  as  appendages. 

SEC.  311. — Bay  Windows. — No  bay  windows  or  other  structure 
shall  be  placed  on  any  building  so  as  to  project  over  any  public 
way  or  square  without  the  permission  of  the  City  Council. 

SEC.  312. — Skylights. — Glass  in  all  skylights  if  not  “prismatic 
lights,”  shall  be  protected  by  screens  made  of  No.  10  (or  heavier) 
wire,  with  meshes  not  exceeding  one  and  one-half  inches;  such 
screen  to  be  secured  to  the  sash  and  kept  at  least  four  inches 
above  the  glass. 

SEC.  313. — Metallic  Leaders. — All  buildings  hereafter  erected 
within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  kept  provided  with  proper  metallic 
leaders  for  conducting  the  water  from  the  roof  to  the  ground, 
sewer  or  street  gutter  in  such  a manner  as  shall  protect  the  walls 
and  foundations  from  damage;  and  in  no  case  shall  the  water 
from  such  leaders  or  otherwise  be  allowed  to  flow  upon  the 


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surface  of  the  sidewalk,  but  shall  be  conducted  underneath  the 
sidewalk  by  drain  pipes  to  the  street  gutter  or  sewer. 

SEC.  314. — Cornices,  Gutters  and  Eaves. — All  cornices,  gutters, 
eaves  and  parapets  on  buildings  within  the  fire  limits  (above  first 
story  of  business  buildings  and  above  thirty  feet  from  grade  of 
sidewalk  on  all  other  buildings)  shall  be  made  of  incombustible 
materials. 

SEC.  315. — Scuttles  to  Roofs. — All  roofs  shall  be  so  constructed 
as  to  be  reached  by  a scuttle,  or  by  iron  steps  fastened  to  the 
outside  of  the  outer  wall.  If  by  scuttle,  the  same  shall  be  at 
least  20  to  30  inches,  the  frame  and  lid  covered  with  metal,  and 
shall  have  a stationary  ladder  communicating  with  the  scuttle. 

SEC.  316. — Stand  Pipes  for  Certain  Buildings. — All  business 
buildings  being  more  than  fifty-six  feet  high,  covering  an  area  of 
more  than  five  thousand  superficial  feet,  also  all  buildings 
exceeding  eighty  feet  in  height,  shall  have  a two  and  one-half 
inch  or  larger  metallic  stand  pipe  within  and  near  the  wall  and 
connected  with  the  water  main  under  full  pressure  supplied  by 
the  waterworks  with  a hose  connection  on  each  floor.  Said 
stand  pipe  shall  have  a stop  valve  at  the  sidewalk  so  arranged 
that  the  supply  can  be  cut  off  in  case  of  necessity.  All  hose 
couplings  shall  conform  to  the  size  and  pattern  adopted  by  the 
fire  department. 

SEC.  317. — Floor  Beams,  Joists  and  Headers. — All  floor  beams, 
joists  and  headers  shall  be  kept  at  least  two  inches  clear  of 
any  wall  enclosing  a fire  flue  or  chimney  breast,  and  the  space 
left  between  the  framing  and  such  flue  shall  be  filled  with 
solid  gauged  mortar,  to  be  a heavy  coat  of  plastering  put  on  the 
walls  of  such  flues  before  any  other  woodwork  shall  be  placed 
against  it. 

SEC.  318. — Floors. — All  floors  shall  be  constructed  to  bear  a 
safe  weight  per  superficial  foot,  exclusive  of  materials  as  fol- 
lows: For  dwellings,  tenants  or  lodging  houses,  one  hundred 

pounds;  for  storehouses,  warehouses,  machine  shops,  armories 
and  drill  rooms,  not  less  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds. 
These  requirements  shall  apply  to  all  alterations  as  well  as  to 


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new  buildings.  In  all  calculations  for  the  strength  of  materials 
to  be  used  in  any  buildings,  the  proportion  between  the  safe 
weight  and  the  breaking  weight  shall  be  as  one  to  three  for  all 
beams,  girders  and  other  pieces  subjected  to  cross  strain;  and  as 
one  to  six  for  all  posts,  columns  and  other  vertical  support,  and 
for  all  beams,  and  other  pieces  subjected  to  a tensile  strain;  and 
the  requisite  dimensions  of  each  piece  of  material  are  to  be 
ascertained  by  computation  by  rules  given  by  the  best  authori- 
ties using  for  constants  in  the  rules  only  such  numbers  as  have 
been  deduced  from  experiments  on  materials  of  like  kind  with 
that  proposed  to  be  used. 

SEC.  319. — Hearths  and  Fireplaces. — All  hearths  for  fireplaces 
shall  rest  on  trimmer  arches,  the  header  kept  at  least  18  inches 
from  face  of  chimney  breast.  The  back  of  all  fireplaces  shall  not 
be  less  than  8 inches  thick;  all  stove  pipe  holes  to  have  proper 
thimbles  and  stoppers. 

SEC.  320. — Ends  of  Joists. — Ends  of  joists  or  beams  entering 
a brick  wall  shall  be  cut  not  less  than  three  inch  bevel  so  as  not 
to  disturb  the  brick  work  by  any  defection  or  breaking  of  the 
joists  or  beams.  All  joists  or  timbers  entering  a party  or  divis- 
ion wall  from  opposite  sides  shall  have  at  least  4 inches  of  solid 
brick  between  the  end  of  such  timber  or  joists.  All  buildings  for 
residence  or  business  purposes  shall  have  the  brick  project  not 
less  than  14  inches  inside  the  face  of  the  wall  between  the  joists 
of  each  floor  and  ceiling  joists. 

SEC.  321. — Joists  and  Girders. — Joists  and  girders  in  any  build- 
ing shall  be  of  proper  dimensions  to  sustain  the  load  designated 
to  be  placed  upon  them.  Girders  may  rest  upon  piers  of  brick  or 
stone  or  upon  columns  of  wood  or  iron  of  proper  dimensions. 
All  floor  joists  shall  be  properly  bridged  with  cross  bridges. 
All  headers  in  floor  framing  of  business  buildings  that  are  placed 
at  a greater  distance  than  2 feet  from  the  end  of  a trimmer 
shall  be  fixed  in  proper  iron  stirrups. 

SEC.  322. — Unsafe  Buildings.  Duties  of  Inspector  and  Owners. 
— The  owner  or  other  party  having  an  interest  in  any  building, 
staging  or  other  structure  or  anything  connected  with  or  attached 
to  a building  or  other  structure  which  shall  be  unsafe  so  as  to 


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endanger  life,  shall  immediately  upon  notice  received  in  writing 
from  the  General  Inspector,  cause  the  same  to  be  made  safe 
and  secure,  or  taken  down  and  when  public  safety  requires 
immediate  action,  the  Inspector  may  enter  upon  the  premises, 
with  such  assistance  as  may  be  necessary  and  cause  the  said 
structure  to  be  secured  or  taken  down  without  delay,  at  the 
expense  of  such  owner  or  party  interested.  No  temporary  stag- 
ing or  stand  for  observation  purposes  shall  be  constructed  or 
occupied  upon  the  roof  of  any  building  within  the  city. 

SEC.  323. — Unsafe  Buildings.  Penalty. — Every  building  which 
shall  appear  to  the  Inspector  to  be  especially  dangerous  in  case 
of  fire,  by  reason  of  bad  condition  of  walls,  overloaded  floors, 
defective  construction,  decay  or  other  cause,  shall  be  held  to  be 
unsafe;  and  the  Inspector,  besides  proceeding  as  provided  in  the 
preceding  Section,  may  also  affix  a notice  of  the  dangerous 
character  of  the  structure  in  a conspicuous  place  on  the  exterior 
wall  of  said  building;  any  person  removing  such  notice  so  affixed 
shall  be  liable  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  $10.00  nor  more  than 
$50.00  for  each  and  every  offense,  to  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of 
said  city,  or  in  default  of  said  payment  to  work  on  the  public 
works  not  more  than  thirty  days. 

SEC.  324. — Unsafe  Buildings.  Penalty. — The  owner  or  party 
having  an  interest  in  an  unsafe  building  or  structure  mentioned 
in  the  two  preceding  Sections,  being  notified  thereof  in  writing 
by  the  Inspector  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a fine  to  the  use  of  said 
city  for  every  day’s  continuance  thereof  after  such  notice,  a 
sum  of  not  less  than  $10.00  nor  more  than  $50.00,  or  in  default  of 
said  payment  to  work  on  the  public  works  not  more  than 
thirty  days. 

SEC.  325. — Buildings  Enveloped  with  Metal. — No  building  now 
or  hereafter  if  not  wholly  of  incombustible  material  shall  be 
enveloped  with  metal.  Dormer  windows,  cornices,  mouldings, 
balconies,  bay  windows,  towers,  spires,  ventilators,  etc.,  shall 
be  considered  as  appendages. 

SEC.  326. — Bay  Windows. — No  bay  window  or  other  structure 
shall  be  placed  on  any  building  so  as  to  project  over  any  public 
way  or  square,  without  the  permission  of  the  City  Council. 


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SEC.  327. — Glass  in  Skylights.— Glass  in  all  skylights  if  not 
“prismatic  lights”  shall  be  protected  by  screens  made  of  No.  10 
or  heavier  wire,  with  meshes  not  exceeding  14  inches;  such 
screen  to  be  secured  to  the  sash  and  kept  at  least  4 inches  above 
the  glass. 

SEC.  328. — Roofs.  Metallic  Leaders  for  Water. — All  buildings 
hereafter  erected  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  kept  provided 
with  proper  metallic  leaders  for  conducting  the  water  from  the 
roof  to  the  ground  sewer  or  street  gutter  in  such  a manner  as 
shall  protect  the  walls  and  foundations  from  damage;  and  in  no 
case  shall  the  water  from  such  leaders  or  otherwise  be  allowed 
to  flow  upon  the  surface  of  the  sidewalk,  but  shall  be  conducted 
underneath  the  sidewalk  by  drain  pipes  to  the  street  gutter  or 
sewer. 

SEC.  329. — Cornices,  Gutters  and  Eaves. — All  cornices,  gutters, 
eaves  and  parapets  on  buildings  within  the  fire  limits  (above 
first  story  of  business  buildings  and  above  thirty  feet  from 
grade  of  sidewalk  on  all  other  buildings)  shall  be  made  of 
incombustible  materials. 

SEC.  330. — Roofs,  Scuttles. — All  roofs  shall  be  so  constructed 
as  to  be  reached  by  a scuttle,  or  by  iron  steps  fastened  to  the 
outside  of  the  outer  wall.  If  by  scuttle,  the  same  shall  be  at  least 
20  by  30  inches,  the  frame  and  lid  covered  with  metal  and  shall 
have  a stationary  ladder  communicating  with  the  scuttle. 

SEC.  331. — Hose  Couplings.  Stand  Pipes. — All  business  build- 
ings being  more  than  56  feet  high,  covering  an  area  of  more  than 
5,000  superficial  feet,  also  all  buildings  exceeding  80  feet  in 
height,  shall  have  a 24  inch  or  larger  metallic  stand  pipe  within 
or  near  the  wall,  and  connected  with  the  water  main  under  full 
pressure,  supplied  by  the  waterworks  with  a hose  connection  on 
each  floor.  Said  stand  pipe  shall  have  a stop  valve  at  the  side- 
walk so  arranged  that  the  supply  can  be  cut  off  in  case  of 
necessity.  All  hose  couplings  shall  conform  to  the  size  and 
pattern  adopted  by  the  fire  department. 

SEC.  332. — Floor  Beams  Near  Fire  Flues. — All  floor  beams, 
joists  and  headers  shall  be  kept  at  least  2 inches  clear  of  any  wall 
enclosing  a fire  flue  or  chimney  breast,  and  the  space  left 


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between  the  framing  ’and  such  flue  shall  be  filled  with  solid 
gauged  mortar  to  be  a heavy  coat  of  plastering  put  on  the  walls  of 
such  flues  before  any  other  woodwork  shall  be  placed  against  it. 

SEC.  333. — Floors. — All  floors  shall  be  constructed  to  bear  a 
safe  weight  per  superficial  foot, exclusive  of  materials  as  follows: 
For  dwellings,  tenements  or  lodging  houses,  100  pounds;  for 
storehouses,  warehouses,  machine  shops,  armories  and  drill 
rooms,  not  less  than  250  pounds;  these  requirements  shall  apply 
to  all  alterations  as  well  as  to  new  buildings.  In  all  calcu- 
lations for  the  strength  of  materials  to  be  used  in  any  buildings, 
the  proportion  between  the  safe  weight  and  the  breaking  weight 
shall  be  as  1 to  3 for  all  beams,  girders,  and  other  pieces  sub- 
jected to  cross  strain;  and  as  1 to  6 for  all  posts,  columns  and 
other  vertical  support  and  for  all  tie-beams,  and  other  pieces 
subjected  to  a tensile  strain;  and  the  requisite  dimensions  of  each 
piece  of  material  are  to  be  ascertained  by  computation  by  rules 
built  and  shall  not  be  altered  until  it  has  been  examined  and  ap- 
proved by  the  Inspector  as  being  in  good  and  safe  condition  to  be 
altered  as  proposed  and  the  alteration  so  made  shall  conform  to 
the  provisions  of  this  or  any  other  ordinance  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  in  relation  thereto. 

SEC.  334. — Brick  Walls  and  Buttresses. — All  brick  walls  and 
buttresses  shall  be  of  merchantable,  well  shaped  bricks,  well 
laid  and  bedded,  with  well  filled  joints,  in  lime  or  cement  mortar 
and  well  flushed  up  at  every  course  with  mortar;  and  all  bricks 
used  during  the  warm  months  shall  be  wet  at  the  time  they  are 
laid;  and  shall  be  dry  at  the  time  they  are  laid  during  the  cold 
months. 

SEC.  335. — Flues  in  Walls. — No  continuous  vertical  recess, 
chase  or  flues  shall  be  made  in  any  party  wall  so  deep  that  it  will 
leave  thickness  at  the  back  less  than  8 inches  at  any  point,  and  no 
recess  of  any  kind  shall  be  made  in  any  8 inch  wall.  No  hori- 
zontal recess  shall  be  made  in  any  wall,  except  by  a special 
permit  from  the  Inspector.  No  continuous  vertical  recess  other 
than  flues  in  stacks  shall  be  nearer  than  7 feet  to  any  other 
recess. 

SEC.  336. — Buildings  in  Fire  Limits.  Materials  Approved  by 
Inspector. — In  the  erection  or  alteration  of  any  building  within 


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the  fire  limits,  the  material  of  which  in  whole  or  in  part,  is 
other  than  brick,  stone  or  wood,  the  thickness  of  walls,  of  such 
material,  and  the  method  of  construction  shall  be  such  as  the 
Inspector  shall  approve. 

SEC.  337. — Partitions  in  Hotels  and  Tenements. — Partitions  in 
hotel  buildings  and  tenement  houses  made  of  scantling  to  be 
lathed  and  plastered  shall  be  filled  with  brick  work  8 inches 
high,  in  the  best  manner.  Scantling  partitions  shall  not  be 
employed  as  supporters  of  any  floor  or  roof  except  dwelling 
houses. 

SEC.  338. — Stairways. — Stairways  shall  not  be  closed  with  par- 
titions made  of  plank,  board,  flooring  or  scantling  unless  plas- 
tered on  both  sides  or  covered  with  metal,  this  Section  to  apply 
to  all  buildings  within  the  fire  limits,  except  dwellings. 

SEC.  339. — Hoisting  Openings. — Hoisting  openings  shall  have 
trap  doors  (covered  with  metal  on  the  underside)  on  all  floors 
except  where  elevators  are  used,  with  sufficient  guards  for  pro- 
tection during  the  hours  of  business,  and  said  doors  shall  be 
kept  closed  at  all  other  times. 

SEC.  340. — Stores  and  Manufacturing  Plants  in  Fire  Limits. — 
All  stores,  storehouses,  mills,  manufactories  that  may  hereafter 
be  erected  within  the  fire  limits,  which  are  more  than  two 
stories  high,  shall  have  doors,  blinds  or  shutters  made  of  fire- 
proof metal  on  every  window  or  entrance  where  the  same  do 
not  enter  upon  a street.  When,  in  any  such  building  the  shut- 
ters, blinds  or  doors  cannot  be  put  on  the  outside,  they  shall  be 
put  on  the  inside,  and  hung  upon  iron  eyes  or  frames  independ- 
ent of  any  wood  work;  shutters  above  the  first  story  to  be  ar- 
ranged so  that  they  can  be  opened  from  the  outside.  Wire  glass 
set  in  metal  frames  shall  be  regarded  as  an  equivalent  to  iron 
shutters. 

SEC.  341. — Four-Story  Buildings  and  Over  in  the  Fire  Limits. — 
All  buildings  in  said  fire  limits  four  stories  or  more  in  height, 
not  including  basements  used  as  a factory,  work  shop,  lodge 
room,  hotel,  boarding  house,  public  hall,  or  sleeping  place  or 
apartment,  shall  have  thereon  suitable  and  substantial  fire 
escapes  of  the  following  character  and  materials:  Brackets  must 


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not  be  less  than  i by  It  inches,  wrought  iron,  placed  edgewise  or 
It  inch  angle  iron,  well  braced,  and  not  more  than  3 feet  apart, 
and  the  braces  to  brackets  must  not  be  less  than  t inch  square* 
wrought  iron,  and  must  extend  two- thirds  the  width  of  the 
respective  brackets  or  balconies.  In  all  cases  the  brackets  must 
go  through  the  walls  and  be  turned  down  3 inches. 

SEC.  342. — Fire  Escapes. — The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department 
and  Building  Inspector  shall  constitute  a Board  of  Fife  Escapes, 
and  no  lire  escape  shall  be  accepted  without  their  approval,  and 
they  shall  have  authority  to  decide  the  number  and  location 
of  all  fire  escapes  in  buildings. 

SEC.  343. — Fire  Escapes  May  be  Required.  Penalty. — When- 
ever it  is  deemed  essential  for  the  safety  of  the  occupants  of 
any  of  the  buildings  hereinabove  set  forth  by  the  Board  of  Fire 
Escapes,  as  hereinabove  constituted,  the  Inspector  of  Buildings 
shall  have  served  ten  days’  notice  of  a rule  to  appear  before 
the  Recorder  to  show  cause  if  any  they  can,  why  the  fire  escapes 
as  ordered  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Escapes,  should  not  be  erected 
on  their  property,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  set  forth 
in  the  ordinance  on  said  subject.  In  the  event  the  owner  or 
agent  of  such  building  shall  fail  to  appear  before  the  Recorder 
to  show  cause  why  the  fire  escapes  as  contemplated  above, 
should  not  be  erected,  said  owner  or  agent  shall  be  considered 
in  default  and  failure  to  comply  within  thirty  days  thereafter 
with  the  requirements  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Escapes,  as  may  be 
made  in  such  cases,  he  or  she  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not 
exceeding  $100.00  or  to  be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  thirty  days, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court,  and  for  each 
month  thereafter  until  said  Ordinance  is  complied  with.  Such 
owner  or  agent  or  tenant  in  possession  shall  be  subject  to  the 
same  penalties  as  aforesaid. 

SEC.  344. — Fire  Escapes.  Kept  in  Repair. — After  fire  escapes 
have  been  placed  on  any  building  as  aforesaid,  in  compliance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance  and  the  same  shall  become 
unsafe  or  in  need  of  change  or  repair  in  order  to  make  the  same 
safe,  the  Chief  or  Acting  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  shall 
serve  notice  to  make  such  change  within  ten  days.  In  case  of 


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failure  of  any  owner  to  have  such  change  or  repairs  made 
within  the  time  as  required  by  the  notice,  he  shall  for  such 
failure  be  subject  to  the  same  penalty  provided  in  this  ordinance 
to  place  fire  escapes  in  the  first  instance. 

SEC.  345. — Businesses  Forbidden  in  the  Fire  Limits. — No  build- 
ing within  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  be  used  or 
occupied  in  whole  or  in  part  for  any  of  the  trades  hereinafter 
mentioned,  to-wit:  Planing  mills,  sash,  door  and  blind  factories, 

unless  such  buildings  so  occupied  shall  have  in  connection  with 
it  a brick  or  fire  proof  vault  of  sufficient  capacity  to  contain 
all  shavings,  sawdust,  chips  or  light  combustible  refuse  con- 
nected therewith,  and  all  such  shavings  or  other  light  com- 
bustible refuse  shall  be  removed  daily  from  such  premises  to 
such  vault.  In  no  event  shall  proprietors,  owners  or  lessees  of 
such  manufactories  allow  any  combustible  refuse  to  accumulate 
upon  any  lot  or  in  any  building  unless  stored  in  a fire  proof 
vault. 

SEC.  346. — Floors  Under  Heaters  and  Stoves. — Floors  under  all 
stoves  shall  be  protected  by  a covering  of  incombustible  material. 
Stoves  shall  be  kept  at  least  20  inches  and  their  smoke  pipes 
12  inches  from  any  unprotected  woodwork. 

SEC.  347. — Boiler  Houses. — The  woodwork  of  all  boiler  houses 
and  boiler  rooms  shall  be  kept  at  least  6 feet  from  the  boiler 
and  4 feet  from  the  breeching  or  smoke  conductor,  and  1 foot 
from  the  dome  of  the  boiler,  unless  such  woodwork  is  properly 
protected  with  incombustible  material,  and  then  there  shall  be 
at  least  2 feet  space  from  the  boiler  or  smoke  pipe  and  pro- 
tection. 

SEC.  348. — Floors  in  Boiler  Rooms. — The  floors  of  all  rooms, 
when  containing  boilers,  shall  be  made  of  incombustible  mate- 
rials, 5 feet  on  all  sides  and  at  least  8 feet  in  front  of 
any  boiler. 

SEC.  349. — Steam  Pipes. — Steam  pipes  shall  be  kept  at  least 
2 inches  from  all  woodwork;  otherwise  they  shall  be  protected 
by  a soapstone,  asbestos  or  earthern  ring  or  tube  or  rest  on 
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SEC.  350. — Officers  May  Enter  Buildings  for  Inspection. — All 
the  officers  appointed  under  this  or  any  future  amendments  to 
the  same  shall  so  far  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  performance 
of  their  respective  duties,  have  the  right  to  enter  any  building 
or  premises  in  the  said  city. 

SEC.  351. — Alterations  and  Repairs. — Any  work  in  addition  to 
or  alteration  made  for  any  purpose,  into  or  upon  any  building 
except  the  necessary  repairs,  not  affecting  the  external  or  party 
walls,  chimneys,  stairways  or  height  of  building,  shall,  to  the 
extent  of  such  work  or  alterations  or  addition,  be  subject  to  the 
regulations  of  this  Code. 

SEC.  352. — Egress  Openings  in  Public  Halls. — All  egress  open- 
ings in  public  halls  shall  have  the  word  “Exit”  conspicuously 
placed  over  them.  The  aisles  in  such  halls  at  all  times  shall  be 
kept  unobstructed. 

SEC.  353. — Elevators.  Inspection  of. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Inspector  of  Buildings  to  cause  a careful  investigation  of 
all  passenger  and  freight  elevators  in  the  City  of  Columbus  at 
least  once  in  six  months,  and  see  that  said  elevator  shafts  and 
doors  are  in  safe  condition,  and  in  accordance  with  the  provis- 
ions of  this  Act. 

SEC.  354. — Elevators.  Inspector  May  Forbid  Use. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  owning  or  having  the  care  or  control  of 
any  elevator  to  use  or  permit  the  use  of  the  same  after  it  has 
been  declared  by  the  Inspector  to  be  in  a dangerous  or  unsafe 
condition,  and  he  has  prohibited  the  use  of  the  same,  until  all 
necessary  repairs  have  been  made,  and  the  owner,  agent  or  other 
person  has  secured  a certificate  from  said  Inspector  that  said 
repairs  have  been  properly  done,  and  that  said  elevator  may  be 
safely  used. 

SEC.  355. — Floor  Timbers. — All  floor  timbers,  headers  and 
trimmers  of  every  brick  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered 
in  which  a chimney  is  to  be  built  in  a brick  wall,  shall  be  placed 
distant  2 inches  from  the  outside  of  every  chimney  flue,  and  the 
space  between  such  brickwork  and  timbers  shall  be  closed  in 
a proper  forestop  of  incombustible  material. 


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SEC.  356. — Chimney  Flues  and  Heating  Apparatus. — If  any 
chimney  flue  or  heating  apparatus  on  any  premises  shall,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Inspector,  endanger  the  premises,  the  Inspector 
shall  at  once  notify  in  writing,  the  owner  or  agent  of  said 
premises.  If  such  owner  or  agent  fails  for  a period  of  48  hours 
after  the  service  of  said  notice  to  him  to  make  such  chimney, 
flue  or  heating  apparatus  safe,  he  shall  be  liable  to  a fine  as  pre- 
scribed in  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  357. — Furnaces. — No  furnace  and  no  range  set  in  masonry 
shall  hereafter  be  placed  or  its  location  changed  in  any  building, 
except  as  the  Inspector  shall  approve. 

SEC.  358. — Penalties. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Chapter  shall,  on  conviction  before  the  Recorder, 
be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  exceeding  $100;  imprisonment  or 
labor  on  the  public  works  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  any  or  all  of 
them  unless  another  penalty  is  specially  provided. 

SEC.  359. — Stove  Flues. — That  all  stove  flues  shall  be  con- 
structed of  hard  burned  brick  and  shall  be  not  less  than  16  inches 
square  from  base  to  a point  6 inches  above  the  roof  line,  lined 
with  fire  clay  piping  not  less  than  24  inches  long;  flue  to  be 
thoroughly  plastered  inside,  and  hung  on  iron  stirrups  of  new 
iron  of  not  less  than  i by  It  inches,  bent  to  come  at  least  1 inch 
below  the  ceiling.  No  flue  to  be  less  than  5 feet  high,  and  higher 
should  the  Building  Inspector  deem  it  necessary  for  the  safety 
of  the  building. 

SEC.  360. — Party  Walls. — All  party  walls  shall  be  4 inches  in 
excess  of  the  said  walls  as  set  out  in  Section  2 hereof  by  which 
Section  9 of  the  original  ordinance  is  changed. 

SEC.  361. — Permits  May  be  Refused. — The  Inspector  of  Build- 
ings shall  have  authority  in  his  discretion  to  refuse  a permit 
for  the  erection  of  any  structure  within  the  city  limits,  if  in  his 
judgment  it  is  deemed  dangerous  or  a nuisance.  Said  Inspector 
shall  also  have  the  right  to  increase  the  thickness  of  any  wall, 
not  exceeding  4 inches  as  prescribed  in  Section  2 hereof  if 
he  regards  the  same  as  necessary. 

SEC.  362. — Inspector  Shall  Determine  all  Other  Matters. — In  all 
cases  in  reference  to  the  erecting,  repairing,  changing  or  altering 


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of  any  building  or  buildings,  or  structure  within  the  fire  limits 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  where  there  has  been  no  specific  pro- 
vision made  therefor  by  an  ordinance  or  resolution  of  the  City 
Council,  all  questions  shall  be  determined  by  the  Inspector  of 
Buildings  and  his  judgment  in  such  matters  shall  be  conclusive 
unless  changed  by  some  act  of  the  City  Council  of  Columbus. 

SEC.  363. — Awnings  and  Sheds  in  Portion  of  Fire  District  For- 
bidden. Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  to  erect  or  cause  to  be  erected  over  any  sidewalk 
in  that  section  of  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  which 
lies  west  of  Second  Avenue,  any  shed,  awning  or  other  similar 
structures  except  the  same  be  made  entirely  of  cloth  supported 
by  iron  or  steel  framing;  provided,  that  this  Ordinance  shall  not 
apply  to  sidewalks  in  front  of  buildings  used  as  hotels.  Pro- 
vided, further,  that  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  that  portion 
of  First  Avenue  lying  between  Twelfth  and  Thirteenth  Streets; 
and,  provided,  further,  that  awning  made  entirely  of  iron  or 
steel  construction  or  other  incombustible  material  may  be 
erected  in  front  of  livery  stables  only  on  First  Avenue  between 
Twelfth  and  Thirteenth  Streets  when  plans  and  specifications  of 
such  construction  as  approved  by  the  General  Inspector;  and, 
provided,  further,  that  when  iron  or  steel  construction  be  de- 
sired wooden  strips  or  beams  not  less  than  twenty-four  inches 
apart  may  be  used  to  which  the  roof  of  such  shed  or  awning 
may  be  attached. 

When  any  shed,  awning  or  like  structure  now  standing  within 
said  limits  is  declared  tobe  unsafe  by  the  General  Inspector,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  from  time  to  time  to  carefully  examine  the  same 
and  make  report  of  the  condition  thereof  to  Council  at  its  regular 
monthly  sessions  and  whenever  in  his  opinion  any  shed  or  awning 
is  considered  unsafe  he  shall  cause  immediate  notice  of  the  con- 
dition of  the  same  to  be  given  in  writing  by  the  City  Marshal 
to  the  property  owner  or  other  person  in  charge  of  such  prop- 
erty, and  within  five  days  after  service  of  said  notice,  said  shed 
or  awning  shall  be  removed  by  the  owner  or  person  having 
charge  of  the  property  to  which  same  is  attached;  in  the  event 
the  same  is  not  removed  within  the  aforesaid  period,  the  City 
Marshal  shall  without  delay  proceed  to  remove  such  shed  or 


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awning  at  the  expense  of  said  property  owner  or  person  in 
charge  of  same,  for  which  execution  shall  issue  and  be  collected 
as  in  cases  of  non-payment  of  taxes. 

Any  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall 
subject  the  offender  to  a fine  not  to  exceed  $50.00  or  to  imprison- 
ment not  to  exceed  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  364. — Repairs  of  Wooden  Awnings,  Etc. — No  person,  firm 
or  corporation  shall,  within  the  fire  limits,  repair  any  veranda, 
shed,  awning  or  roof  of  wood  or  remove  any  wooden  structure 
from  a place  within  or  beyond  to  any  place  within  the  fire  limits 
of  the  city;  provided,  however,  that  any  veranda,  shed  or  awn- 
ing already  constructed  within  the  fire  limits  other  than  those 
on  Broad  Street,  may  be  repaired,  if,  when  repaired,  the  same 
is  made  to  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  next  succeeding 
Section  of  this  Code,  nor  repair  with  wood  or  other  combustible 
material  the  roof  of  any  building  or  enlarge  with  wood  or  other 
combustible  material  or  any  combination  of  material  a wooden 
house  or  structure. 

SEC.  365. — Awnings  Over  Sidewalks.  Specifications. — All 
awnings  intended  to  cover  the  entire  sidewalk  shall  be  erected 
as  follows:  The  posts  shall  be  of  iron  and  not  less  than  two 

and  one-half  inches  in  diameter,  and  shall  be  firmly  anchored  on 
inner  edge  of  curb  line,  and  not  nearer  than  eight  feet  apart,  and 
not  less  than  ten  feet  in  height  from  the  curb,  including  the 
top  rail,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  two  inches  in  diameter; 
and  said  posts  or  rails  shall  be  connected  with  the  building  by 
parallel  iron  rods  or  pipe  of  not  less  than  one  and  one-quarter 
inches  in  diameter,  and  not  more  than  three  feet  apart,  running 
on  an  incline  to  the  building,  and  securely  fastened  to  same 
and  not  less  than  fourteen  feet  from  the  sidewalk.  There  shall 
be  no  cross  sections  or  braced  rods  running  parallel  with  the 
curb  nearer  than  ten  feet  to  the  sidewalk;  said  awning  shall  be 
covered  with  canvass  only,  and  so  constructed  as  to  easily  roll 
up  and  down  by  ropes  and  pulleys;  the  bottom  of  said  awning 
shall  not  extend  nearer  to  the  curb  than  seven  feet  when  down, 
and  shall  be  securely  fastened  to  each  post  so  as  to  prevent 


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the  same  being  blown  about  by  the  wind.  If  iron  pipe 
be  used  for  posts  the  same  shall  be  re-inforced  from  the  bottom 
not  less  than  2 feet. 

SEC.  366. — Window  or  Drop  Awnings. — All  awnings  known  as 
the  window-hinged  or  drop  awnings  shall  not  project  more  than 
eight  feet  over  the  sidewalk  and  shall  not  be  less  than  seven  feet 
high  from  bottom  to  sidewalk  when  extended  or  dropped  and 
shall  be  securely  hinged  to  the  building  or  frame-work  to  which 
they  are  attached;  said  awning  shall  be  covered  with  canvass 
only,  nor  shall  any  curtain  or  awning  of  any  description  be 
permanently  fixed  either  across  or  parallel  with  the  sidewalk, 
nor  shall  any  curtain  or  awning  of  any  description  whatever  be 
nearer  the  sidewalk  than  seven  feet  when  dropped  or  suspended 
and  all  awnings  shall  be  rolled  or  folded  up  and  securely  fasten- 
ed to  the  building  not  later  than  sunset  and  remain  so  until 
sunrise. 

SEC.  367. — Verandas  Over  Sidewalks.  Specifications. — All 
verandas  to  be  erected  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  feet  in  height 
from  the  curb  and  sidewalk  at  the  building  to  which  they  must 
be  securely  anchored.  Said  veranda  shall  rest  on  cast  iron 
columns  not  less  than  six  inches  in  diameter  above  base,  and  not 
less  than  eleven  feet  in  length  and  shall  be  placed  just  inside  of 
the  curb,  and  not  less  than  eight  feet  apart,  and  shall  not  have 
any  more  wood  in  its  construction  than  is  required  to  construct 
the  floor  of  same.  All  railings  and  columns  above  the  floor  shall 
be  of  iron  and  the  roof  shall  be  covered  with  tin,  zinc,  sheet  iron, 
slate,  gravel  or  other  incombustible  material.  No  veranda  shall 
be  erected  in  the  fire  limits,  except  in  front  of  buildings  occupied 
as  hotels. 

SEC.  368. — Sheds  Over  Sidewalks.  Specifications  for. — All 
sheds  to  be  erected  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  feet  high  at  the 
curb,  and  not  less  than  fifteen  feet  high  at  the  building  to  which 
the  same  shall  be  securely  fastened.  Said  shed  shall  rest  upon 
cast  iron  columns,  not  less  than  six  inches  in  diameter  above 
the  base,  and  not  less  than  eleven  feet  in  length,  and  placed  just 
inside  the  curb,  not  less  than  eight  feet  apart.  The  roof  shall 
be  covered  with  slate,  tin,  sheet-iron,  gravel  or  other  incombus- 


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tible  material.  No  shed  shall  be  erected  on  Broad  Street  within 
the  fire  limits. 

SEC.  369. — Businesses  Forbidden  in  Fire  Limits. — No  person, 
firm  or  corporation  shall,  within  the  fire  limits,  set  up  a foun- 
dry, steam  engine,  blacksmith  shop,  wood,  coal,  or  lumber  yard 
or  warehouse,  or  store  house  for  the  sale  or  storage  of  wood, 
coal,  lumber,  shingles  or  other  such  combustible  material,  or  any 
similar  establishment  in  any  building  other  than  that  of  a brick 
building  covered  with  slate,  tin,  gravel  or  sheet-iron. 

SEC.  370. — Penalty  for  Violating  Preceding  Sections. — Any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  the  five  preceding  Sections  or  either  of  them,  shall  upon 
conviction  before  the  Recorder  be  fined  not  less  than  $25.00 
for  such  offense,  and  immediate  notice  shall  be  given  by  the 
City  Marshal  to  the  property  owner  or  other  person  in  charge 
of  such  property  to  remove  such  illegal  structure  within  five 
days,  and  in  the  event  the  same  is  not  removed  within  five  days, 
the  City  Marshal  shall  proceed  to  remove  any  such  illegal  struct- 
ure at  the  expense  of  such  property  owner  or  person  in  charge 
of  the  same,  for  which  execution  shall  issue  and  be  collected  as 
in  case  of  non-payment  of  taxes. 

SEC.  371. — Roofs  of  Buildings.  Material  and  Specifications. — 
The  outside  roof  covering  of  all  houses,  buildings  or  other 
structures  located  within  all  that  territory  of  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus, which  lies  east  from  the  Chattahoochee  river  to  the  west 
side  of  Tenth  Avenue,  lying  north  of  Ninth  Street  to  the  South 
side  of  Sixteenth  Street  shall  be  of  metal,  slate,  terra  cotta  or 
other  incombustible  material  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  to  renew  or  replace  the  roof  covering 
of  any  house,  building  or  other  structure  within  the  aforesaid 
territorial  area  with  wooden  boards,  shingles  or  other  like 
combustible  materials. 

SEC.  372. — Repairs  of  Roofs. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son, firm  or  corporation  to  repair,  renew  or  replace  the  roof  of 
any  house,  building  or  other  structure  within  the  territorial  area 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  Section,  with  wooden  boards, 


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shingles  or  other  like  combustible  materials;  but  that  all  ma- 
terials used  in  repairing,  replacing  or  renewing  the  roof  covering 
to  such  houses,  buildings  or  other  structures  shall  be  of  metal, 
slate,  terra  cotta  or  other  incombustible  material;  provided, 
however,  that  any  house,  building  or  other  structure  located  in 
the  territorial  limits  aforesaid  may  be  repaired  one  time  only 
with  similar  material  to  the  old  roofing  where  the  area  to  be 
repaired,  renewed  or  replaced  does  not  exceed  20  per  cent,  of  the 
area  of  the  whole  roof;  unless  the  necessity  to  repair,  renew  or 
replace  such  roof  was  caused  by  fire  or  other  casualty  in  which 
event  the  area  to  be  repaired,  renewed  or  replaced  shall  not 
exceed  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  area  of  the  whole  roof. 

SEC.  373. — Permits  for  Repairs  of  Roofs. — That  if  the  owner, 
lessee  or  other  person  in  charge  of  such  house,  building  or 
other  structure  now  standing  in  the  said  territorial  limits  men- 
tioned above,  shall  desire  to  renew  or  replace  the  covering  of 
the  roof  of  such  house,  building  or  other  structure  with  any 
covering  other  than  tin,  iron,  slate  or  terra  cotta,  then  said 
owner,  lessee  or  other  person  in  charge  of  such  house,  building 
or  other  structure  shall,  before  commencing  said  work  or  repair- 
ing, renewal  or  replacement,  submit  a sample  of  the  material  to 
be  used  for  such  covering  to  the  Inspector  of  Buildings  and  shall 
secure  from  him  a written  permit  to  use  such  material  as  a cover- 
ing for  such  roof,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  cover  the  roof  of 
any  building  or  other  structure  located  within  the  territorial 
limits  above  mentioned  with  any  material  other  than  tin,  iron, 
slate,  or  terra  cotta  without  the  permission  and  approval  in 
writing  of  said  Inspector  of  Buildings. 

SEC.  374. — Rafters  and  Sheathing. — Nothing  in  the  above  or 
foregoing  Sections  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  use  of 
wooden  rafters  and  sheathing  to  which  the  roof  covering  may  be 
attached.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  the  above  and 
foregoing  Sections  upon  conviction  thereof  in  the  Recorder’s 
Court  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  $100  or  a 
sentence  to  work  on  the  chaingang  sixty  days  or  other  public 
works  of  the  city  for  a term  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either 
or  both  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


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EXPLOSIVE  OILS. 

SECTION  375. — Regulating  the  Storage  of  Naptha  and  Other 
Explosive  Oils. — No  person,  firm  or  corporation,  without  first  ob- 
taining a permit  from  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  shall, 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  have,  store, 
keep,  manufacture,  use  or  sell  gasoline,  benzine,  carbide  or 
naptha  except  as  hereinafter  provided  and  then  only  if  kept  in 
self-closing  metal  cans,  made  for  the  purpose  and  free  from  leak; 
provided,  however,  one  gallon  or  less  may  be  kept  within  a 
building  without  obtaining  a permit  therefor;  and,  provided, 
further,  no  can  shall  be  filled  inside  the  building. 

SEC.  376. — Permits. — Application  for  a permit  shall  be  made 
to  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  in  writing,  and  shall  state 
location  of  the  building  and  the  quantity  of  benzine,  gasoline, 
carbide  or  naptha  it  is  desired  to  keep  on  storage  or  sale; 
provided,  however,  no  provision  of  this  Section  is  intended  to 
prohibit  the  carrying  of  gasoline  and  carbide  in  the  storage 
tanks  of  automobiles  or  other  gasoline  driven  vehicles. 

SEC.  377. — Permits.  When  Issued.  Safety  Regulations. 

Tanks. — No  permit  shall  be  issued  for  the  storage  or  keeping 
for  sale  or  use  of  gasoline,  benzine  or  naptha  exceeding  five  gal- 
lons in  quantity,  save  in  underground  (buried  in  the  ground) 
metal  tanks,  with  no  opening  for  drawing  out  of  contents  below 
the  level  of  the  ground,  but  to  be  drawn  from  the  pumps.  Such 
tanks  shall  be  constructed  of  steel  or  iron,  galvanized  or  painted 
and  of  suitable  thickness  and  weight  and  shall  be  provided  with  a 
fill  and  vent  pipe  so  arranged  that  the  fill  pipe  cannot  be  opened 
without  opening  the  vent;  and  also  these  pipes  shall  be  provided 
with  a screen  near  the  top  and  terminating  in  an  iron  cover 
which  shall  be  kept  locked. 

Said  tank  shall  be  buried  at  least  two  feet  under  the  ground 
and  no  tank  capable  of  holding  more  than  two  hundred  gallons 
shall  be  permitted  within  one  hundred  feet  of  building;  but  any 
such  tank  containing  less  than  one  hundred  gallons,  if  properly 


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buried,  may  be  located  within  ten  feet  of  building;  but  no  dealer 
shall  sell  or  deliver  any  quantity  of  gasoline,  benzine  or  naptha 
to  any  customer,  except  in  metallic  cans  with  proper  appliances 
for  closing  the  aperture  when  such  cans  are  not  being  used  for 
filling  or  emptying  or  through  hose  connection;  and,  provided , 
further,  that  no  dealer  shall  draw  any  quantity  of  gasoline, 
benzine  or  naptha  for  sale  or  otherwise  after  dark,  or  in  the 
day  time  when  artificial  light,  other  than  incandescent  electric 
is  being  used. 

Places  at  which  said  oils  are  stored  or  sold  shall  have  the  same 
indicated  by  proper  signs.  No  volatile  inflammable  liquid  shall 
be  kept  in  any  garage,  except  in  self-closing  safety  cans  not  to 
exceed  one  gallon  for  cleaning  other  than  filling  the  tanks  for 
automobiles  and  no  such  liquid  shall  be  drawn  in  filling  such 
tanks  except  into  approved  safety  cans  not  to  exceed  five  gallons 
each,  and  there  only  for  the  purpose  of  immediately  filling  the 
tanks  of  automobiles;  and  such  cans  when  not  in  use  for  filling 
said  automobiles  shall  be  placed  and  kept  in  what  is  known  as 
the  pump  room.  In  lieu  of  the  above  safety  cans,  portable  filling 
tanks  not  to  exceed  sixty  five  gallons  may  be  used  for  transport- 
ing inflammable  liquid  to  and  from  the  storage  tanks  for  filling 
and  charging  automobiles;  the  said  portable  tanks  shall  be  sup- 
ported on  rubber  tired  wheels  and  shall  be  supplied  with  a 
rubber  hose  attachment  not  to  exceed  eight  feet  in  length  and 
equipped  at  the  end  with  shut-off  valve  with  ground  key. 

SEC.  378. — Gasoline  Vapor  Lights.  Tanks.  Regulations. — 
Where  the  system  known  as  gasoline  vapor  gas  light  is  used  in  any 
building,  the  tanks  and  reservoirs  used  in  connection  therewith 
shall  be  located  outside  of,  and  three  feet  from,  any  such  build- 
ing, and  shall  be  boxed  or  enclosed  under  lock  and  key  below 
the  level  of  the  lowest  pipe  of  the  building  used  in  connection 
with  such  lighting  apparatus.  And  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  to  sell  or  install  any  system  or  device 
for  lighting  by  gasoline  which  has  not  been  tested  and  listed  as 
permitted  by  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  and  such 
installation  shall  conform  in  every  respect  to  the  rules  of  the 
said  National  Board  and  shall  have  full  force  as  set  forth  in 
this  Section. 


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SEC.  379. — Storing.  Permits  for. — No  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion without  first  procuring  a permit  therefor,  as  herein  pro- 
vided, shall,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
store,  manufacture,  keep  for  sale  or  keep  for  use  in  any  art, 
trade  or  manufacture  any  carbide  that  will  free  an  inflammable 
gas  by  contact  with  water  or  moisture  or  any  chemical  element 
which  will  free  an  inflammable  gas  by  contact  with  water. 

SEC.  380. — Calcium  Carbide. — A permit  may  be  issued  for  the 
storage  and  keeping  of  calcium  carbide  in  hermetically  sealed 
iron  receptacles  and  in  quantities  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
pounds  in  the  aggregate,  in  the  isolated  buildings  where  it  will 
not  be  an  exposure  to  any  adjoining  property;  provided,  the 
building  is  water-proof,  well  ventilated  and  drained  with  floors 
raised  above  the  grade  upon  which  it  stands. 

SEC.  381. — Calcium  Carbide. — If  the  building  is  used  exclu- 
sively for  the  storage  of  calcium  carbide  and  if  it  is  detached  at 
least  30  feet  from  other  buildings  a written  permit  may  be  given 
by  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  for  the  storage  in  quantities 
in  excess  of  one  hundred  pounds  and  not  exceeding  five  hundred 
pounds;  provided,  the  calcium  carbide  is  stored  in  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  pound  packages  in  sealed  iron  receptacles.  In  such 
buildings  no  artificial  light  or  fire  other  than  incandescent 
electric  shall  be  permitted. 

SEC.  382. — Calcium  Carbide. — Not  more  than  one  hundred 
pounds  of  calcium  carbide  either  in  bulk  or  in  cartridges  shall  be 
stored  or  kept  in  any  building  used  for  a dwelling,  mercantile  or 
manufacturing  purposes,  and  this  amount  shall  be  kept  only  on 
permit  obtained  from  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  which 
permit  shall  provide  that  all  quantities  in  excess  of  two  pounds 
shall  be  in  light  metal  packages  and  kept  elevated  at  least  six 
inches  from  the  floor  in  a fire-proof  safe  or  vault,  located 
above  the  street  grade  or  in  galvanized  iron  cans,  provided  with 
securely  fastened  covers,  on  metal  legs  at  least  six  inches  long. 

SEC.  383. — Installations  Subject  to  Inspection. — All  installa- 
tions of  this  character  shall  be  subject  to  the  inspection  of  the 
Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  install 
any  such  system  without  first  obtaining  a permit  therefor  from 


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him  or  to  use  such  system  until  the  inspection  shall  have  been 
made  and  permission  granted  for  the  use  of  the  same  by  the 
said  Chief. 

SEC.  384. — Penalty. — All  persons,  firms  or  corporations  failing 
to  comply  with,  or  violating  any  of  the  terms  of  the  above  and 
foregoing  provisions  or  Sections,  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding 
$100,  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  sixty  days,  either  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder  for  each  and  every  day  said 
person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  so  fail. 

SEC.  385. — Requiring  the  Inspection  of  Theatres. — The  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department,  the  City  Marshal  and  the  Chief  of  Police 
shall  be  required  to  visit  each  and  every  theatre  and  each  of 
the  so-called  electric  theatres  and  all  other  places  of  amusements 
where  similar  devices  are  employed  and  make  careful  examina- 
tion as  to  the  dangers  of  fire  from  such  devices.  The  said  named 
officials  shall  make  such  visitations  in  a body  once  every  three 
months  and  they  shall  have  full  power  to  require  needed  changes 
or  in  default  thereof  shall  be  empowered  to  close  such  places  of 
amusements  until  such  changes  are  made  as  will  protect  the 
public  against  danger  from  fires  and  upon  refusal  of  proprietor 
or  person  in  charge  of  such  place  or  places  of  amusement  to 
make  such  changes,  such  person  or  persons  shall  upon  conviction 
before  the  Recorder,  be  fined  not  exceeding  $100  or  sentenced  to 
work  on  the  chaingang  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  one  or  both,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  386. — Requiring  Inspection  and  Regulation  of  Theatres 
and  Other  Places  of  Amusement. — Each  and  every  theatre,  opera 
house  and  so-called  electric  theatre  and  all  other  places  of  amuse- 
ment in  the  City  of  Columbus  where  similar  devices  are  em- 
ployed or  where  people  congregate  for  the  purpose  of  witnessing 
any  theatrical  performance,  picture  show  or  other  similar  at- 
tractions shall  be  subject  at  all  times  when  such  performances 
are  in  progress  or  about  to  be  begun  to  visit  by  the  Chief  of  the 
Fire  Department,  Chief  of  Police  and  the  City  Marshal  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  inspect  said  places  and  to  see  that  people  who 
congregate  thereat  are  not  exposed  to  dangers  from  fires  or  other 
casualties  and  to  see  that  all  laws,  rules  and  regulations  of  the 


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City  of  Columbus  respecting  the  conduct  and  requirements  of 
such  theatres  are  being  observed  and  carried  out;  and  the  pro- 
prietor, manager  or  other  person  in  charge  of  such  theatre, 
opera  house,  electric  theatre  or  other  places  of  amusements,  who 
shall  fail  or  refuse  to  permit  said  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department, 
Chief  of  Police  or  City  Marshal  to  enter  such  places  of  amuse- 
ment upon  application  of  each  of  the  above  named  officers  to 
make  inspection  in  conformity  with  the  terms  of  this  Section, 
while  a performance  is  in  progress  thereat,  or  about  to  be  begun, 
the  license  issued  to  such  theatre,  opera  house,  electric  theatre 
or  other  similar  places  of  amusement  shall  be  revoked  and  the 
person  or  persons,  failing  or  refusing  to  permit  entrance  of  such 
officers  into  such  buildings,  where  such  performances  are  being 
carried  on,  shall  upon  conviction  thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court 
be  fined  not  less  than  $5.00  nor  more  than  $100  or  imprisoned 
in  the  city  guard  house  or  work  on  the  city  chaingang  for  not 
less  than  five  days  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder. 

SEC.  386  (a.) — Regulating  the  Construction  and  Operation  of 
Moving  Picture  Shows,  Theatres  and  Auditoriums. — 

1.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  owning,  constructing, 
operating  or  maintaining  electric  theatres,  auditoriums,  play- 
houses, halls,  rooms,  or  tents,  open  to  the  public,  where  moving 
pictures,  theatrical  or  other  performances  are  displayed  or  held, 
shall  comply  with  this  Section,  all  such  places  now  existing,  as 
well  as  those  hereafter  constructed. 

2.  Such  theatres  or  other  places  shall  not  be  constructed, 
operated  or  licensed  until  a permit  has  been  issued  therefor  by 
the  City  Council  through  the  General  Inspector,  said  officer  is 
hereby  directed  and  authorized  to  issue  such  permits;  provided, 
such  theatres  or  auditoriums  are  constructed  in  accordance  with 
plans  approved  by  the  General  Inspector,  the  Chief  of  the  Police 
Department,  and  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department.  Such 
theatres  and  other  places  shall  be  operated  under  the  supervision 
of  such  General  Inspector,  Chief  of  the  Police  Department,  and 
Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  who  shall  make  reports  from  time 
to  time  to  regular  meetings  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 


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of  the  city.  All  such  theatres  and  places  shall  be  inspected 
by  all  of  said  three  officers  at  least  once  every  three  months,  and 
such  officers  shall  assemble  at  the  call  of  any  one  of  such 
officers. 

3.  Any  owner  or  operator  of  any  such  theatre  or  other  place 
who  may  be  dissatisfied  with  the  action  or  recommendation  of 
such  officers  above  named,  shall  have  the  right  of  appeal  to  a 
regular  meeting  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

4.  Wiring  in  such  theatres  shall  be  installed  under  the  direct 
supervision  of  the  General  Inspector,  and  where  he  condemns 
wiring  hereinafter  installed,  same  shall  be  re-installed  under  his 
direction  and  approval;  and  in  all  cases  where  the  owners  or 
operators  of  such  theatres  refuse  to  conform  to  directions  herein 
referred  to,  their  license  therefor  shall  be  void  when  so  declared 
by  said  three  officers,  or  a majority  thereof,  and  such  theatres  or 
places  shall  be  immediately  closed  and  placarded  as  unsafe  for 
patronage. 

5.  All  exits  shall  be  plainly  indicated  by  a sign,  on  separate 
supply  from  other  parts  of  the  house  or  tent,  or  shall  be  illumi- 
nated other  than  by  electricity,  and  shall  bear  the  word  “Exit,” 
the  letters  of  which  must  not  be  less  than  four  (4)  inches  in 
height;  and  there  must  not  be  more  than  one  set  of  fuses  in  any 
exit  sign  between  the  service  fuses  and  the  sign.  Said  exits  shall 
be  equal  to  two  doors  not  less  than  three  (3)  feet  by  seven  (7) 
feet  each,  opening  into  an  open  area  accessible  to  street  or  alley. 

6.  Inside  lights,  and  all  lights  in  halls,  corridors  or  other 
parts  of  the  building  used  by  the  audience,  except  the  general 
auditorium  lights,  must  be  fed  independently  of  the  stage  light 
and  must  be  controlled  only  from  the  lobby  or  other  convenient 
place  in  the  front  of  the  house;  and  there  must  be  two  circuits 
into  the  auditorium,  one  controlled  by  the  operator  in  the  booth 
and  one  controlled  from  without  the  auditorium,  in  lobby  or 
without  the  entrance;  and  there  shall  be  at  least  one  three- 
inantel  gas  arc,  or  its  equal  in  gas  light,  in  each  theatre  for  every 
fifteen  hundred  square  feet  of  floor  space,  and  controlled  from 
lobby  or  booth,  to  be  used  in  case  of  failure  of  electric  supply 
or  other  emergency. 


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7.  Every  portion  of  the  theatre,  or  other  such  place,  devoted 
to  the  use  or  accomodation  of  the  public,  all  outlets  to  the 
streets,  all  open  courts,  corridors,  hallways,  and  exits,  shall  be 
thoroughly  lighted  during  every  performance,  and  the  same 
shall  remain  lighted  until  the  entire  audience  has  left  the 
premises.  One  sixteen  (16)  candle  power  lamp,  or  the  equiva- 
lent thereof,  for  every  four  hundred  (400)  square  feet  of  floor 
surface  is  hereby  ordained  as  sufficient  illumination. 

8.  Each  arc  lamp  used  as  a part  of  the  moving  picture 
machine  must  be  constructed  as  specified  in  the  National  Electric 
Code,  and  the  wiring  of  same  must  not  be  of  less  capacity  than 
No.  6B.  and  S.  gauge. 

9.  The  rheostats  must  conform  to  rheostat  requirements  of 
the  National  Electric  Code. 

10.  Top  and  bottom  reels  must  be  incased  in  an  iron  box, 
which  box  shall  have  holes  large  enough  only  for  films  to 
pass  through.  No  solder  shall  be  used  in  the  construction  of 
these  boxes. 

11.  The  handle  or  crank  used  for  operating  the  machines  must 
be  secured  to  the  spindle  or  shaft,  so  that  there  will  be  no 
liability  of  such  handle  or  crank  coming  off  or  of  allowing  the 
film  to  stop  in  front  of  the  lamp. 

12.  An  automatic  shutter  shall  be  placed  in  front  of  the  con- 
denser, arranged  so  as  to  be  closed  normally. 

13.  Extra  films  must  be  kept  in  a metal  box  having  a tight- 
fitting  cover. 

14.  Said  machines  must  be  operated  by  hand.  Motor  driven 
machines  are  hereby  prohibited,  except  by  special  permit  of  the 
General  Inspector. 

15.  The  picture  machine  must  be  placed  in  an  enclosure  or 
house  made  of  or  lined  with  fire-proof  material,  thoroughly 
ventilated  to  the  outside  of  the  building,  and  large  enough  for 
the  operator  to  walk  freely  on  either  side  or  back  of  the 
machine.  Such  enclosure  or  house  must  have  no  openings  into 
the  auditorium  other  than  the  opening  where  the  light  for  the 
picture  is  emitted,  and  this  opening  must  be  provided  with  fire- 

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proof  covering  or  door  hinged  with  spring  hinges,  opening  by  a 
trigger  which  is  in  reach  of  the  operator  so  that  it  can  be 
released  by  hand,  which  door  must  be  constructed  so  that  it  can 
be  securely  closed.  Furthermore,  if  the  General  Inspector  shall 
decide  that  the  arrangements  are  such  as  would  require  it,  such 
doors  must  be  arranged  that  it  may  be  released  automatically. 
All  other  openings,  such  as  vents  and  entrances  to  the  enclosure, 
must  open  into  some  other  part  of  the  building  or  theatre  than 
the  main  auditorium.  No  electrical  pictures  or  material  of  any 
kind  will  be  permitted  in  the  operating  booth,  other  than  the 
picture  machine  and  its  accessories  in  use.  No  smoking  shall  be 
permitted  in  or  about  the  booth  or  stage,  or  other  part  of  the 
theatre  or  like  place. 

16.  All  operators  of  moving  pictures  and  all  switchboard 
attendants  shall  be  at  least  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  shall  have 
been  proven  competent  by  examination  by  the  General  Inspector, 
and  shall  be  licensed  for  one  year  at  a time.  The  amount  of  such 
license  shall  be  $2.00  annually  and  the  names  and  numbers  of 
such  licenses  shall  be  shown  on  slides  and  published  on  pro- 
gram at  each  performance  and  between  pictures.  That  all 
theatres,  picture  shows  or  other  such  places  shall  have  at  least 
one  licensed  operator  in  charge  of  its  room  or  switchboard  at 
all  times.  No  one  but  the  operator  and  his  authorized  assistant 
shall  be  permitted  in  the  booth  during  any  performance. 

17.  Each  theatre  or  like  place  shall  have  at  least  two  (2) 
approved  three  (3)  gallon  fire  extinguishers  located  as  directed  by 
the  three  city  officers  named  in  Section  2 above,  and  such 
extinguishers  shall  be  kept  properly  charged  at  all  times. 

18.  Said  General  Inspector  shall  visit  all  moving  picture 
shows,  theatres,  and  other  places  coming  within  the  operation 
of  this  ordinance  at  least  once  each  week  while  such  places  are 
in  operation,  and  at  such  other  times  as  may  be  deemed  neces- 
sary by  said  three  officers  above  named. 

19.  All  electrical  work  and  equipment  of  such  places  shall 
conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  National  Electric  Code  of  the 
National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  and  all  such  places  shall 
have  such  fire  escapes  as  are  ordered  by  said  three  named 
officers. 


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20.  No  more  than  six  chairs  shall  be  permitted  in  one  row 
unless  they  have  an  aisle  intervening;  provided,  that  twelve 
chairs  may  be  placed  in  one  row  with  an  aisle  at  each  end. 
Center  aisles  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty-six  (36)  inches  wide; 
and  side  aisles  not  less  than  thirty  (30)  inches  wide.  Seats  shall 
not  be  less  than  twenty-eight  (28)  inches  from  back  to  back,  and 
shall  be  securely  fastened  together  and  to  the  floor. 

21.  In  theatres,  moving  picture  shows  or  any  other  such 
places  covered  by  this  Ordinance,  no  patrons  shall  be  allowed  to 
stand  in  aisles  or  doors. 

22.  All  authority  vested  in  the  three  officers  named  in  Section 
2,  hereof,  may  be  exercised  by  a majority  thereof  when  said 
officers  are  assembled  for  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provis- 
ions of  this  Ordinance. 

23.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  their  agents  or  em- 
ployees, constructing,  operating,  or  managing  such  theatres  or 
other  places  covered  by  this  Ordinance,  who  violate  the  terms 
hereof,  shall  upon  conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  pun- 
ished by  a fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned 
on  the  public  works  not  exceeding  sixty  (60)  days,  either  or 
both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder.  Each  day’s  operation  or 
maintenance  contrary  to  the  provisions  hereof  shall  be  held  as 
a separate  offense. 


CHAPTER  3 9. 


POWDER  REGULATIONS. 

SECTION  387. — Gun  Powder  and  Dynamite.  Gun  Powder  to 
be  Stored  in  Magazine. — All  gun  powder  which  may  be  brought 
to  the  city,  shall  by  the  owners  or  consignees  thereof  be  con- 
veyed to  the  magazine  as  soon  as  practicable  after  its  arrival. 

SEC.  388. — Amount  to  be  Kept  by  Dealers  Regulated. — Persons 
desirous  of  retailing  gun  powder  within  the  limits  of  this  city, 
shall  keep  the  same  in  either  tin,  or  copper  cans  or  canisters,  and 
shall  not  have  on  hand  more  than  twenty-five  pounds  at  any 


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time  and  no  wholesale  dealer  more  than  three  kegs  of  twenty- 
five  pounds  each.  They  shall  keep  the  same  as  near  the  front 
door  of  the  store  or  shop  as  practicable,  and  shall  cause  the 
word  “Powder”  to  be  painted  either  upon  the  can  containing  the 
same  or  in  some  conspicuous  place  immediately  near  the  spot 
where  it  is  kept,  and  shall  point  out  to  the  Fire  Wardens  or  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department  on  application  by  them  or  any  one  of 
them,  the  place  where  the  powder  is  kept.  For  a violation  of 
any  provision  of  this  Section  the  offender  shall  be  punished  by 
fine  or  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  389. — Magazine  Keeper.  Duties  of.  Fee  Collected. — It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  magazine  keeper  to  attend  at  all  times, 
when  required,  between  sun  rise  and  sun  set  (Sundays  excepted) 
as  well  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  as  delivering  gun  powder 
to  the  owner  thereof.  He  shall  have  a fixed  place  of  residence 
or  business,  which  he  shall  advertise.  He  shall  receive  into  the 
magazine  all  gun  powder  offered  to  be  stored,  and  enter  the  same 
in  a book  to  the  credit  of  the  respective  owners,  and  issue 
receipts  therefor;  provided,  that  the  city  shall  not  be  required  to 
store  more  powder  than  the  capacity  of  the  present  magazine 
will  warrant.  He  shall  keep  an  account  of  all  moneys  collected 
and  pay  same  over  to  the  Treasurer  each  month. 

SEC.  390. — Report  to  Council  Weekly  Moneys  Collected. — He 
shall  report  to  the  Council  weekly  all  moneys  collected  and 
paid  to  the  Treasurer,  and  at  the  same  time  exhibit  an 
account  of  the  powder  and  other  explosives  in  the  magazine,  and 
the  names  of  the  persons  from  whom  he  has  received  storage, 
and  the  amount  received  from  each,  and  a list  of  persons  from 
whom  storage  is  due;  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  collect  storage  in 
every  instance  before  delivering  any  powder  or  other  explosives. 

SEC.  391. — Rates  for  Storage  of  Powder  and  Explosives. — The 
rates  of  storage  for  powder  and  other  explosives  in  the  magazine 
shall  be  one  cent  per  pound  for  the  first  twelve  months,  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  if  paid  by  the  owner  within  ten  days 
after  it  shall  be  stored;  and  one  and  a half  cents  per  pound  if 
not  paid  within  said  space  of  ten  days;  and  one-half  cent  per 
pound  for  each  succeeding  six  months,  or  fractional  part  thereof, 


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after  the  expiration  of  the  first  twelve  months;  provided,  that 
the  storage  on  blasting  powder  shall  be  ten  cents  per  keg  of 
25  pounds. 

SEC.  392. — Dynamite.  Amount  Kept  by  Dealers.  Regulated. — 
No  wholesale  or  retail  dealer  shall  keep  on  hand  in  his  place 
of  business  more  than  50  pounds  of  dynamite. 


CHAPTER  40. 


SECTION  393. — Ashes  in  Wooden  Vessels.  Police  and  Fire 
Chief  to  Inspect  Building  Suspected. — No  person  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  place  within  any  building  in  the  City  of  Columbus, 
ashes  in  any  box,  barrel  or  other  wooden  vessel  or  floor,  unless 
the  same  is  immediately  removed  from  the  building,  and  all 
owners  or  occupants  of  buildings  in  this  city  are  required  to 
permit  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  or  any  officer  or  mem- 
ber of  the  police  force  to  inspect  their  buildings  to  see  if  the 
above  is  complied  with.  And  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the 
Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  and  of  the  police  force  to  make 
such  inspections  whenever  and  wherever  they  may  suspect  a 
violation  of  this  Section. 

SEC.  394. — Cause  of  Fire  to  be  Investigated. — It  shall  be  one  of 
the  duties  of  the  Committee  on  Fire  Deparment  to  investigate 
into  the  cause  of  each  fire,  the  management  thereof,  and 
report  any  inefficiency  in  the  department  or  any  other  causes 
by  reason  of  which  any  fire  was  not  promptly  extinguished  in 
order  that  such  action  may  be  taken  by  the  Mayor  and  Board 
of  Aldermen  as  may  seem  expedient  and  proper  to  remedy  any 
fault  that  may  exist,  and  as  will  tend  to  improve  the  service 
generally;  these  reports  to  be  submitted  monthly. 


ARTICLE  VI 


THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH. 


ARTICLE,  VI. 


CHAPTER  41. 


CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES. 

SECTION  395. — Prevention  of  Contagious  Diseases. — Every 
physician,  nurse,  parent  or  other  person  in  charge  of  any  patient 
in  the  City  of  Columbus  who  is  suffering  with  diphtheria, 
scarlet  fever,  smallpox,  cerebro-  spinal  meningitis,  typhoid  fever, 
pulmonary  tuberculosis,  pellagra  or  trachoma,  shall  immediately 
notify  the  Health  Officer  after  becoming  aware  of  the  existence 
of  such  diseases,  giving  the  name  of  the  disease,  the  name, 
age,  sex,  and  color  of  the  person  suffering  therefrom, 
and  setting  forth  by  street  and  number  of  the  house, 
room,  or  other  place  in  which  said  patient  can  be  found. 
Every  physician  or  other  person  as  set  forth  above  shall  make 
separate  reports  of  each  case  occurring  in  the  reports  for  each 
case  occurring  in  the  same  family  or  in  the  same  dwelling  place. 
Death  or  recovery  shall  be  reported  to  the  Health  Officer.  But 
no  person  shall  certify  knowingly  or  negligently  that  any  patient 
has  recovered  from  any  of  the  aforesaid  diseases  until  such 
patient  is  in  condition  to  be  free  from  danger  of  communicating 
the  disease  to  other  persons. 

SEC.  396. — Quarantine  and  Isolation  to  be  Established  in  Cer- 
tain Places. — Immediately  upon  receiving  notice  of  the  existence 
of  scarlet  fever,  diphtheria,  smallpox,  or  cerebro-spinal  menin- 
gitis, the  Health  Officer  shall  investigate  the  same  and  shall 
take  such  measures  as  hereinafter  provided  to  prevent  the 
spreading  of  such  disease.  The  Health  Officer  shall  establish  or 
cause  to  be  established  proper  quarantine  at  the  dwelling  place; 
provided,  house  quarantine  can  be  carried  out  without  danger 
to  the  general  public;  otherwise,  the  patient  or  patients  must  be 
removed  to  the  hospital  for  contagious  diseases. 


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SEC.  397. — House  Quarantine.  Warning  Cards. — In  case  of 
house  quarantine,  a warning  card  shall  be  so  placed  on  the  front 
and  rear  entrances  that  any  one  coming  to  either  door  will  be 
warned  of  the  presence  of  the  disease  within;  provided,  that 
where  the  family  lives  above  a store-room  the  card  shall  not 
be  placed  on  the  store  door;  provided,  there  is  one  entrance 
separate  from  the  store. 

No  unauthorized  person  shall  tear  down  or  in  any  way  deface 
any  placard  or  signal  of  warning  placed  under  the  direction 
of  the  Health  Department. 

SEC.  398. — Exposed  Persons.  Disinfected.  Permits  from 
Health  Officer. — No  person  who  has  been  in  contact  with  a 
person  having  any  of  the  last  mentioned  diseases,  except  the 
attending  physician  or  Health  Officer,  shall  leave  the  premises  or 
come  in  contact  with  any  other  than  the  patient,  unless  properly 
disinfected  and  permitted  to  do  so  by  the  Health  Officer.  The 
members  of  the  family  who  work  out  must  either  board  and 
room  at  another  house  or  stop  work  and  stay  at  the  house 
quarantined.  The  Health  Officer  may,  after  personal  investiga- 
tion of  the  premises  wherein  contagious  case  or  cases  exist, 
issue  a written  permit  to  wage-earners  to  enter  and  leave  the 
premises  during  the  period  of  quarantine ; provided,  that  he  finds 
that  such  modification  of  quarantine  will  not  endanger  the 
public  health.  Neither  this  or  other  modification  of  quarantine 
will  be  permitted,  except  with  the  written  consent  of  the  Health 
Officer,  and  no  modification  will  be  permitted  or  allowed  in 
case  of  any  wage-earner  who  is  engaged  in  the  sale  of  wearing 
apparel,  bedding  articles,  or  food,  or  drink,  candy,  cigars,  or 
works  in  a laundry.  No  person  from  any  dwelling  placarded 
for  any  of  the  above  mentioned  diseases  shall  take  any  book  or 
magazine  to  or  from  the  Public  Library,  or  any  Sunday  School 
Library  or  any  Circulating  Library  of  any  kind.  It  shall  be  the 
duties  of  the  managers  of  Public  Libraries  to  have  all  books 
known  to  have  been  in  infected  houses  thoroughly  disinfected 
before  being  placed  again  in  circulation,  or  the  same  shall  be 
destroyed  if  deemed  necessary  by  the  Health  Officer. 

SEC.  399. — Milk  Deliveries  to  Infected  Houses.  Other  Regula- 
tions.— Milk  men  must  empty  milk  delivered  to  infected  houses 


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into  covered  receptacles  placed  outside  the  door  of  such  prem- 
ises. They  must  not  enter  such  premises  nor  remove  milk  bot- 
tles therefrom  until  the  house  has  been  fumigated  and  the 
bottles  have  been  sterilized.  If  bottles  have  been  delivered  they 
must  not  be  taken  from  the  house  until  the  case  is  terminated 
and  the  bottles  have  been  sterilized.  Grocerymen  and  other 
persons  delivering  merchandise  are  forbidden  to  enter  such 
premises  or  to  remove  packages,  money,  or  other  articles  from 
the  house.  Laundrymen  are  forbidden  to  enter  such  premises 
or  to  remove  any  clothing  therefrom  until  such  have  been  boiled 
or  otherwise  sterilized.  No  one  shall  remove  anything  from 
such  premises  except  by  permission  of  the  Health  Officer. 

SEC.  400. — Cats  and  Dogs  to  be  Kept  Out. — No  cat,  dog,  or 
other  domestic  animal  shall  be  allowed  to  run  in  and  out  of  the 
house  during  the  quarantine  period.  Representatives  of  the 
Health  Department  shall  visit  the  premises  from  time  to  time  as 
they  see  fit  to  observe  the  efficiency  of  the  quarantine  and  for 
such  purposes  shall  have  the  right  of  entering  any  time 

SEC.  401. — Release  of  Patients.  Quarantine  Periods. — No  case 
under  any  circumstances  shall  be  released  until  desquamation 
has  absolutely  and  entirely  ceased,  and  until  all  nose  and  ear 
discharges  have  healed. 

The  minimum  period  of  quarantine  in  cases  of  scarlet  fever 
shall  be  thirty  days  with  such  additional  time  as  may  be  neces- 
sary for  the  complete  recovery  of  the  case.  The  minimum 
period  of  quarantine  in  diphtheria  shall  be  fourteen  days  where 
there  has  been  anti-toxin  used  with  such  additional  time  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  complete  recovery  of  the  disease.  The 
minimum  period  of  quarantine  of  smallpox  shall  be  twenty  days, 
with  such  additional  time  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  com- 
plete recovery  of  the  disease.  No  patient  shall  be  discharged 
until  desquamation  has  entirely  ceased.  The  minimum  time  of 
quarantine  for  cases  of  cerebro-spinal  meningitis  shall  be  four- 
teen days,  with  such  additional  time  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
complete  recovery  of  the  cases. 

SEC.  402. — Raising  the  Quarantine. — Upon  receipt  of  notice 
from  any  physician  in  attendance  of  the  complete  recovery  of 


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any  person  affected  with  any  of  the  above  mentioned  diseases, 
the  Health  Officer  may  terminate  the  quarantine  or  isolation; 
provided , that  the  minimum  time  of  quarantine  has  elapsed. 
He  shall  remove  the  quarantine  and  cause  the  premises  to  be 
fumigated  and  the  patients  and  the  attendants  to  be  disinfected. 
The  fumigation  of  the  premises  shall  be  done  only  by  the 
Sanitary  Inspector,  or  his  assistant,  and  by  the  instruction  of 
the  Health  Officer. 

SEC.  403. — Exclusion  of  Children  from  School. — The  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Public  School  shall  be  notified  immediately  of  the 
existence  of  any  contagious  disease  among  school  children. 
When  any  child  is  taken  from  any  school  building  ill  with  any 
of  the  contagious  diseases  hereinabove  enumerated,  the  room 
from  which  the  child  was  taken  shall  be  fumigated  within 
twenty-four  hours.  Children  excluded  from  school  on  account 
of  the  following  diseases  will  be  given  certificates  from  the 
Health  Officer  recommending  admission  to  the  school  as  follows: 
Scarlet  fever,  ten  days  after  quarantine  is  terminated;  diphtheria, 
after  the  termination  of  quarantine;  smallpox,  fifteen  days  after 
quarantine  is  terminated;  cerebro-spinal  meningitis,  when 
recovery  is  complete.  Contacts  residing  in  the  same  dwelling- 
place  as  the  patient  to  be  excluded  from  school. 

SEC.  404. — Health  Officer  and  Board  of  Health  May  Make  Regu- 
lations.— The  Board  of  Health  and  the  Health  Officer  shall  have 
the  power  from  time  to  time  to  make  such  regulations  for  the 
prevention  of  contagious  diseases  as  they  shall  see  necessary. 

SEC.  405. — Penalty. — Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  clause, 
provision,  requirement,  or  regulation  of  this  Chapter  or  who 
shall  fail,  neglect,  or  refuse  to  comply  with  such  provision, 
requirement,  or  clause  as  herein  provided  for  or  any  person 
who  shall  interfere  with,  or  in  any  manner  resist  any  officer  or 
agent  of  the  city  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  herein  defined, 
shall  be  guilty  of  a midemeanor  and,  upon  conviction,  be  subject 
to  a fine  by  the  Recorder  of  not  more  than  the  sum  of  $100  for 
each  and  every  violation. 


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CHAPTER  4 2. 


QUARANTINE. 

SECTION  406. — Mayor  May  Establish  Quarantine. — The  Mayor, 
whenever  he  deems  it  necessary  for  the  health  of  the  city,  or  is 
so  instructed  by  the  City  Council,  must  establish  and  put  in  force 
a quarantine  against  such  places  or  persons  as  he  or  the  Council 
may  deem  necessary  to  prevent  the  importation  or  spread  of  any 
infectious  or  contagious  disease;  and  may  establish  quarantine 
on  recommendation  of  the  Board  of  Health;  and  shall  have 
power  and  authority  to  employ  the  necessary  officers  and  agents 
for  the  efficient  enforcement  of  the  quarantine. 

SEC.  407. — Quarantine.  Penalty. — Whenever  any  quarantine 
has  been  ordered  or  proclaimed  against  any  places,  any  person  or 
persons  who  may  have  come  from  such  places  into  this  city 
(other  than  is  provided  in  Section  1647  of  the  Code  of  Georgia) 
or  within  the  limits  of  its  police  quarantine  jurisdiction  within 
twenty  days  prior  to  the  promulgation  of  such  quarantine,  may 
be  required  by  the  Mayor  to  immediately  depart  from  the  city 
and  the  limits  of  its  police  or  quarantine  jurisdiction  and  remain 
absent  for  twenty  days  thereafter,  or  such  less  period  as  the 
Mayor  may  direct;  and  any  person  who  refuses  to  leave  after 
being  so  required  or  who,  having  left,  unlawfully  returns  to 
the  city  or  within  the  police  or  quarantine  jurisdiction  thereof, 
shall  on  conviction  therefor  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding 
$50.00,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  408. — Persons  Coming  into  the  City.  Regulations. — All 
persons  coming  within  the  quarantine  limits,  may  be  required  by 
the  police  and  quarantine  officers  to  exhibit  satisfactory  evi- 
dence where  they  are  from  and  where  they  have  been  for  twenty 
days  prior  to  coming  to  this  city,  and  upon  failure  to  produce 
satisfactory  evidence  or  when  it  appears  that  they  have  come 
from  within  the  infected  territory  they  shall  be  warned  away; 
and  should  they  not  at  once  depart  and  remain  away  for  a 
period  of  twenty  days  then  said  Mayor  shall  adjudge  them  guilty 
of  a violation  of  the  next  preceding  Section  of  the  City  Code. 


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SEC.  409. — Mayor’s  Powers.  Quarantine  Regulations. — In  the 
enforcement  of  quarantine  and  for  the  prevention  of  the  impor- 
tation of  persons  or  things  likely  to  endanger  the  public  health 
or  to  bring  or  spread  contagious  or  infectious  diseases,  the 
Mayor  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  prevent  the  bringing 
into  the  city  or  within  the  quarantine  jurisdiction  and  limits 
thereof,  any  matters,  freight,  vehicle,  car,  boat,  or  anything  from 
any  infected  district;  and  any  person  bringing  or  aiding  in 
bringing  such  forbidden  matter  or  thing  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  by  impris- 
onment not  exceeding  thirty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  410. — Persons  Violating  Regulations.  Penalty. — Any  per- 
son coming  into  this  city  by  land  or  water  from  a place  infected 
with  a contagious  disease  may  be  compelled  to  perform  quaran- 
tine by  the  Health  Officer,  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor  and 
restrained  from  traveling  until  discharged  and  any  person  thus 
restrained  traveling  before  he  is  discharged,  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor  and  shall  be  arrested  and  committed  and  punished 
as  is  provided  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Georgia. 

SEC.  411. — Quarantine  Limits.  Publication. — Upon  declaring 
a quarantine  at  any  time,  the  Mayor  and  Hospital  Committee  are 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  define  the  limits  of  the 
quarantine  and  to  establish  a pest  house;  and  to  establish  such 
rules  and  regulations  for  the  control  and  government  of  said 
quarantine  as  may  be  needful;  and  said  Mayor  shall  cause  to 
be  published  the  rules  of  said  quarantine  and  the  territory 
quarantined  against;  and  to  give  such  notice  as  to  best  sub- 
serve the  health  of  said  city,  and  to  take  such  precautionary 
steps  as  in  their  discretion  may  seem  necessary  for  the  health 
of  said  city. 


CHAPTER  4 3. 

WELLS  AND  CISTERNS. 

SECTION  412. — Open  Wells,  Cisterns,  Etc.  Nuisance. — It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  the  existence  on  any  lot  or  parcel  of  land. 


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of  any  abandoned  or  open  well,  cistern,  dangerous  hole  or  exca- 
vation, and  any  person,  corporation  or  firm,  owning  a lot  or 
parcel  of  land  in  the  City  of  Columbus  on  which  such  a nuisance 
exists,  who  shall  refuse  to  abate  the  same  on  notice  from  the 
Health  Department  to  do  so  after  five  days’  notice,  shall,  on 
conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  punished  by  a fine  not 
exceeding  $5.00  for  each  and  every  day  he  or  she  fails  to  comply 
with  such  notice. 

And  in  case  the  owner  of  any  lot  or  parcel  of  land  in  said 
city  on  which  there  exists  an  open  well,  cistern,  dangerous  hole 
or  excavation,  be  a non-resident  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  then 
after  public  notice  through  the  daily  press  or  otherwise,  specify- 
ing the  nuisance  to  be  abated,  if  such  nuisance  is  not  abated 
within  one  week  after  the  notice,  then  the  said  city  to  abate  such 
nuisance  and  the  cost  or  expenses  thereof,  shall  be  assessed  by 
said  city  as  a tax  against  the  property  on  which  such  nuisance 
exists  and  the  tax  so  assessed  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of 
seven  per  cent,  per  annum  until  paid,  and  shall  be  carried  on  the 
regular  tax  rolls  of  said  city  and  be  collected  in  the  manner 
provided  for  in  the  collection  of  general  taxes. 


CHAPTER  4 4. 


DRAINAGE. 

SECTION  413. — To  Require  and  Enforce  the  Proper  Drainage 
of  Lots  in  the  City  of  Columbus. — No  owner  or  person  in  charge 
of  any  lot,  yard,  or  premises  in  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  allow 
rain,  drain  or  stagnant  water  to  stand  or  remain  upon  said  lot, 
yard,  or  premises  for  longer  than  ten  days  after  receiving  notice 
from  the  city  authorities  to  drain  the  same,  but  such  owner  or 
person  in  charge  of  any  such  lot,  yard,  or  premises  shall  imme- 
diately upon  the  receipt  of  such  notice  proceed  to  properly  drain 
said  lot,  yard,  or  premises  as  directed  by  the  aforesaid  notice. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Committee  when  it  is  reported 
to  them  by  the  Sanitary  Inspector  that  any  lot  or  premises  in  the 


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city  should,  as  a sanitary  measure, be  drained,  or  whenever  in  the 
discretion  of  said  Committee  they  deem  it  necessary  or  advisable 
for  the  good  of  the  city  or  for  the  public  health  or  comfort  that 
any  yard  or  premises  in  the  city  should  be  drained,  the  said 
Committee  shall  cause  a written  notice  to  be  served  upon  the 
owner,  occupant,  or  person  in  charge  of  any  such  lot,  yard,  or 
premises,  notifying  said  party  or  parties  that  said  lot,  yard,  or 
premises  be  properly  drained  within  ten  days  from  the  time  of 
the  service  of  such  notice,  said  notice  setting  forth  how  and  in 
what  manner  such  draining  shall  be  done.  A copy  of  said  notice 
may  be  served  by  the  Marshal  or  any  policeman  of  the  city,  who 
shall  make  his  return  of  service  together  with  the  original 
notice  to  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  who  shall  file  and  pre- 
serve the  same. 

SEC.  414. — Penalty. — Any  person  or  persons,  owning  or  having 
charge  of  any  such  lot,  yard,  or  premises  who,  after  having  re- 
ceived notice  to  drain  such  lot,  yard  or  premises,  as  prescribed  in 
the  preceding  Section,  and  who,  after  the  expiration  of  ten  days 
from  the  service  of  such  notice  as  aforesaid,  has  neglected  or 
failed  to  properly  drain  said  lot,  yard,  or  premises  as  directed 
by  said  notice,  such  person  or  persons,  so  neglecting  or  failing 
to  drain  said  premises  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  fined  for  every  day 
of  such  neglect  or  failure  at  the  discretion  of  the  Mayor. 

SEC.  415. — Street  Committee  May  Enforce  Drainage. — After 
the  expiration  of  ten  days  from  the  time  notice  is  served,  as 
provided  in  the  preceding  Section,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Street  Committee  with  the  assistance  of  the  City  Engineer  to 
proceed  to  have  said  lot,  yard,  or  premises  properly  drained  in 
such  manner  as  they  deem  advisable. 

SEC.  416. — Cost  of  Drainage  by  City.  How  Collected. — All 
costs  incurred  or  made  by  said  Committee  under  the  provisions 
of  the  preceding  Sections  shall  be  defrayed  by  the  owners  or 
persons  in  charge  of  such  property  which  is  so  drained. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Street  Committee  to  Certify  to  the 
Clerk  of  the  City  Council  an  itemized  bill  of  all  such  materials 
used  and  work  done  by  them,  and  the  costs  thereof  and  the  name 
of  the  owner  of  the  property,  if  known,  and  the  said  Clerk  of 


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Council  shall  issue  execution  for  all  the  costs  so  incurred  against 
such  owner,  which  execution  shall  be  collected  as  other  execu- 
tions, in  favor  of  the  City  of  Columbus!  In  the  event  of  the 
owner  of  any  such  lot,  yard,  or  premises  being  unknown  and 
if  there  is  no  person  in  charge  of  such  lot,  yard,  or  premises 
upon  whom  notice  can  be  served  as  prescribed  in  the  preceding 
Sections,  then,  and  in  that  event,  due  and  legal  service  of  the 
aforesaid  notice  to  drain  may  be  perfected  by  posting  said  notice 
at  the  court  house  door  in  said  city,  and  allowing  it  to  remain 
so  posted  for  ten  days  from  the  date  of  the  posting  which  shall 
be  deemed  a sufficient  service  and  after  the  expiration  of  the  said 
ten  days  the  owner  or  owners  or  persons  in  charge  of  such  lot, 
yard,  or  premises  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalties  and  the 
said  Street  Committee  shall  proceed  in  like  manner  to  drain,  as 
if  such  person  or  persons  had  been  served  personally. 

The  provisions  of  this  Chapter  shall  apply  only  where  such 
lot,  yard,  or  premises  as  may  be  reported  as  in  need  of  draining 
as  aforesaid,  is  situated  in  a block  bounded  upon  at  least  one  of 
its  sides  by  a city  sewer. 


CHAPTER  45. 


HOGS  AND  CATTLE  IN  STOCK  YARD. 

SECTION  417. — Requiring  Cattle,  Hogs,  Etc.,  Brought  to  City 
for  Sale  to  be  Placed  in  the  City  Stock  Yard. — All  persons  bring- 
ing into  the  City  of  Columbus  for  sale  or  otherwise,  except  such 
as  may  be  only  passing  through,  any  cattle,  cows,  sheep,  goats, 
or  hogs  shall  place  the  same  immediately  in  the  city  stock  yard, 
the  same  to  be  hereinafter  provided  by  the  Market  Committee, 
before  offering  such  live  stock  for  sale  within  the  city  limits. 

All  persons  placing  such  stock  or  cattle  in  such  stock  yard 
shall  pay  to  the  keeper  thereof  a fee  of  ten  cents  per  head  for 
each  beef  or  hog,  and  five  cents  per  head  for  each  sheep  or 
goat,  for  the  first  twenty-four  hours,  or  fractional  part  thereof, 
that  such  stock  or  cattle  may  remain  in  such  stock  yard,  which 
fee  when  so  paid  shall  give  the  privilege  to  the  owners  of  stock  of 


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having  their  stock  weighed  on  the  city  scales  at  such  stock  yard 
without  further  charge  therefor,  at  which  place  all  stock  shall 
hereafter  be  weighed,  and  for  each  twenty-four  hours  or 
fractional  part  thereof  over  and  above  the  first  twenty-four 
hours  that  said  stock  may  remain  in  said  stock  yard,  one-half 
of  the  above  stated  fee  shall  be  charged  therefor. 

Any  person  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
Section,  or  any  person  knowingly  buying  from  any  person 
violating  them,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  in  the  Recorder’s 
Court,  pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  50  cents  or  more  than  $1.00 
for  each  head  of  stock  or  cattle  so  offered  for  sale  not  placed 
in  the  city  stock  yard  as  aforesaid,  or  be  confined  in  the  guard 
house  or  county  jail  for  not  more  than  one  day  for  each  head 
of  cattle  not  so  confined,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 


CHAPTER  4 6. 


SLAUGHTER  HOUSE.— MEATS. 

SECTION  418. — Slaughter  House.  Regulations.  Specifica- 

tions.— (a)  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration to  use  any  slaughter  house  of  pen,  for  the  purpose  of 
slaughtering  animals  to  be  used  for  food  in  the  City  of  Columbus, 
or  within  its  police  jurisdiction,  except  one  constructed  in 
accordance  with  the  following  specifications,  to-wit:  The  build- 

ing shall  be  of  ample  size  and  constructed  in  a manner  suitable 
for  the  character  of  work  for  which  it  is  intended;  the  floors 
shall  be  of  tongue  and  groove  flooring  of  not  less  than  one  and 
three-eighths  of  an  inch  in  thickness,  free  from  sap  and  knots, 
with  seams  well  caulked  and  so  constructed  as  to  make  them 
water  tight.  The  floors  of  the  rendering  and  hide  rooms  must 
be  of  cement  of  standard  quality.  All  floors  are  to  be  con- 
structed so  as  to  provide  adequate  drainage.  All  buildings  or 
structures  intended  for  a slaughter  house  shall  be  two  stories 
high,  and  shall  be  provided  with  ample  space  for  a cooling  room 
and  also  a refrigerator  room,  and  all  of  the  interior  of  such 


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building  or  structure,  shall  be  ceiled  with  No.  1 dressed  ceiling 
boards,  and  thoroughly  screened  throughout,  and  before  the 
commencement  of  the  construction  of  any  such  building  or  struct- 
ure, blue  prints  of  the  plans  for  same  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
City  Health  Officer,  together  with  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works,  for  approval  and  a written  permit  issued  by  them  before 
the  doing  of  any  work  towards  the  actual  construction  thereof. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  to  deliver  any  meats  slaughtered  until  said 
meats  shall  have  remained  in  the  cooling  room  for  a sufficient 
length  of  time  in  the  opinion  of  the  Inspector  for  all  the  animal 
heat  to  be  out  of  same. 

(b.)  Rendering  and  dry  rooms  must  be  constructed  so  they 
can  be  cut  off  from  the  slaughter  house.  The  slaughter  house  is 
to  be  equipped  with  hoisting  apparatus  and  blood  vats  for  the 
proper  bleeding  of  animals  and  collection  of  the  blood. 

(c.)  The  rendering  room  shall  be  provided  with  rendering 
tanks,  one  fertilizer  press  and  one  fertilizer  dryer,  all  of  suffi- 
cient capacity  to  utilize  all  offal  from  the  daily  slaughter  of 
cattle;  one  evaporator,  sufficiently  large  to  evaporate  all  water 
from  rendering  tanks  and  that  from  rendering  and  slaughter 
rooms.  There  shall  be  an  engine  and  boiler  of  sufficient 
power  to  operate  all  the  machinery  and  tanks  in  connection 
with  the  plant.  There  shall  be  a sufficient  supply  of  pure, 
wholesome  water  for  all  purposes.  There  shall  also  be 
a sufficient  number  of  sheds  and  pens  to  properly  keep  at  least 
three  days’  supply  of  stock  for  slaughter.  All  slaughtering  shall 
be  done  on  such  floor  of  building  as  the  Health  Officer  shall 
designate. 

(d.)  All  work  done  in  accordance  with  sub-Section  (a)  of 
this  Section  shall  be  under  the  supervision  of,  and  executed  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  City  Engineer  and  the  City  Health  Officer. 

SEC.  419. — Health  Officer  to  Inspect  Meats. — The  City  Health 
Officer  shall  be  ex-officio  Inspector  of  Meats  and  Slaughter 
Houses,  with  an  assistant,  if  necessary,  wrho  shall  be  employed 
by  the  Market  Committee  and  whose  salary  shall  be  paid  out 
of  the  inspection  fees. 


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SEC.  420. — Inspection  of  Meats.  Certificates. — It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  sell  or  offer  for 
sale,  or  deliver  after  sale,  or  keep  on  hand  at  the  place  of  busi- 
ness of  any  dealer  or  dealers  in  fresh  meat,  any  fresh  meat  in  the 
City  of  Columbus  or  in  its  police  jurisdiction,  unless  the  same 
has  been  slaughtered  as  provided  in  this  Section  and  inspected  as 
provided  in  this  Section  and  a certificate  to  that  effect  given  by 
the  Inspector;  which  certificate  shall  be  attached  to  the  meat 
inspected. 

SEC.  421. — Inspection  Fees. — There  shall  be  charged  and  col- 
lected in  advance,  by  the  Inspector,  for  inspection  required 
under  this  Chapter,  a fee  of  ten  cents  for  each  animal  inspected 
and  ten  cents  for  each  dressed  animal  or  fractional  part 
thereof,  brought  into  the  City  of  Columbus  or  into  its  police 
jurisdiction,  to  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale  for  food  purposes. 

SEC.  422. — Slaughter  Houses  to  be  Kept  Clean.  Health  Offi- 
cer’s Duties. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Inspectors  to  see  that 
the  slaughter  house  or  houses  are  kept  clean  and  in  a sanitary 
condition  and  shall  suggest  to  the  Mayor  and  Council  from  time 
to  time  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
out  and  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter. 

SEC.  423. — Fees  of  Slaughter  House  Owners. — The  following 
prices  may  be  charged  by  persons,  firms  or  corporations  operat- 
ing slaughter  houses  erected  under  the  requirements  and  speci- 
fications of  this  Chapter,  to-wit:  For  slaughtering  cattle  thirty- 

five  cents  shall  be  a maximum  charge;  for  suckling  calves,  hogs, 
sheep  and  goats,  twenty-five  cents  per  head,  when  the  number 
slaughtered  does  not  exceed  three;  for  more  than  three,  a fee  of 
not  more  than  fifteen  cents  per  head.  Pennage  per  day  not  to 
exceed  ten  cents  each  for  cattle  and  five  cents  each  for  hogs, 
sheep  and  goats. 

SEC.  424. — Slaughter  House  to  Furnish  Labor. — The  owners  of 
slaughter  houses  shall  furnish  all  labor  necessary  for  conducting 
the  business  in  which  they  are  engaged. 

SEC.  425. — Not  Applicable  to  Farmers  Outside  Police  Jurisdic- 
tion.— The  requirements  of  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter  shall 
not  be  applicable  to  farmers  living  outside  of  the  police  juris- 


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diction,  not  engaged  in  the  meat  and  butcher  business  in  the 
City  of  Columbus  or  in  the  police  jurisdiction,  who  may  bring 
their  meat  into  the  city,  or  its  police  jurisdiction,  for  sale,  except 
that  such  meats  must  be  inspected  by  said  Inspector  before 
offered  for  sale. 

SEC.  426. — Anti-Mortem  Examinations.  Condemned  Meats. — 
An  anti-mortem  examination  of  all  animals  shall  be  made.  Any 
animal  found  to  be  diseased  or  in  a condition  unfit  for  human 
food  shall  be  marked  by  placing  a metal  tag  in  the  ear,  bearing 
a serial  number  and  “Condemned,  Columbus,  Ga.”;  the  con- 
demned animal  shall  also  be  marked  with  yellow  paint,  in  letters 
not  less  than  four  inches  long  and  wide,  with  the  legible  word, 
“Condemned.”  Condemned  animals  shall  be  placed  in  pens 
set  apart  for  this  purpose  and  only  removed  by  the  Inspector  to 
that  part  of  the  abattoir  or  to  rendering  works  designated  by 
the  Inspector,  where  they  shall  be  killed  under  the  supervision 
of  the  Inspector  and  rendered  in  such  manner  as  to  make  their 
product  unfit  for  human  food. 

All  animals  rejected  on  account  of  their  pregnant  or  parturient 
condition  shall  be  held  for  ten  days  during  gestation  and  for  ten 
days  thereafter,  unless  removed  by  permit,  for  stockers  or  for 
rendering  in  the  same  manner  as  specified  in  this  Chapter  for 
condemned  animals. 

No  animal  shall  be  allowed  to  pass  to  the  slaughtering  room 
until  it  has  passed  the  anti-mortem  inspection.  All  animals 
found  on  either  anti-mortem  or  post-mortem  examination  to 
be  affected  with  any  of  the  following  diseases  or  conditions  are 
to  be  condemned  and  their  carcasses  treated  as  specified  in  this 
Chapter:  (1)  Hog  cholera;  (2)  swine  plague;  (3)  anthrax, 

including  sysptonic  anthrax,  black  leg;  (4)  rabbies;  (5)  malig- 
nant epizootic  catarrh;  (6)  pyaemia  and  septicaemia;  (7)  mange 
or  scab  in  advanced  stages;  (8)  actinomycosis,  lumpy  jaw,  in 
advanced  stages;  (9)  inflammation  of  the  lungs,  the  intestines  or 
the  peretoneum;  (10)  Texas  fever;  (11)  tuberculosis,  extensive 
or  generalized;  (12)  all  animals  in  an  advanced  stage  of  preg- 
nancy or  which  have  recently  given  birth  to  young;  (13)  any  dis- 
ease or  injury  causing  an  elevation  of  temperature  or  affecting 


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the  system  of  the  animal  to  a degree  which  would  make  the 
flesh  unfit  for  food;  (14)  carcinoma,  malignant  sarcomacas  or 
any  form  or  kind  of  tumors  where  extensive  matastasis  has 
taken  place  to  such  a degree  that  the  flesh  is  unfit  for  human 
food. 

Any  organ  or  part  of  a carcass  badly  bruised  or  so  diseased 
that  the  balance  of  the  carcass  is  not  affected  said  organ  or 
part  shall  be  cut  away  and  condemned. 

SEC.  427. — Inspections  at  Time  of  Slaughter.  Condemned 
When.  Tags. — All  animals  slaughtered  shall  be  inspected  at  the 

time  of  slaughter  by  the  Inspector  or  his  assistant.  The  head 
and  internal  organs  of  each  animal  shall  be  held  until  the  inspec- 
tion is  completed  in  order  that  they  may  be  identified  in  case  the 
carcass  is  condemned.  If  the  carcass  of  any  animal  on  anti- 
mortem  or  post-mortem  examination  be  found  diseased  and  unfit 
for  human  food,  said  carcass  shall  be  marked  with  a yellow 
condemnation  tag,  and  the  sides,  shoulders  and  quarters  slashed 
and  mutilated.  The  entire  carcass  with  the  head,  organs  and  the 
parts  thereof  shall  be  removed  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Inspector,  or  his  assistant,  to  tanks  deposited  therein  and  ren- 
dered in  such  a manner  that  it  cannot  be  withdrawn  or  used  in 
any  way  for  human  food.  In  case  where  only  a portion  of  the 
carcass  is  condemned,  the  condemned  part  may  be  cut  and  sent 
to  the  rendering  tank. 

The  Inspector  or  his  assistant  shall  remove  the  Stub  of  the 
yellow  condemnation  tag  at  the  time  of  placing  the  carcass  or 
part  of  the  said  stub  to  the  Inspector’s  office,  with  the  report  of 
the  number  of  carcasses  and  parts  of  carcasses  destroyed,  the 
reason  for  their  destruction  and  also  state  that  they  were  tanked 
in  his  presence. 

SEC.  428. — Animals  to  be  Slaughtered.  Tagged. — Animals  to  be 
slaughtered  shall  be  marked  by  placing  a metal  tag  in  the  ear, 
bearing  a serial  number  and  the  words,  “Columbus,  Ga.” 

SEC.  429. — Examinations.  Method  of  Conducting. — The  micro- 
scopic inspection  of  pork  shall  be  conducted  as  follows:  When 
the  slaughtered  hog  is  passed  into  the  cooling  room,  or  at  the 
completion  of  post-mortem  examination,  the  Inspector  or  his 


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assistant  shall  take  from  each  carcass  three  samples  of  muscles, 
one  from  the  pillar  of  the  diaphram,  one  from  the  psoas  muscle 
and  the  other  from  the  inner  aspect  of  the  shoulder  and  said 
samples  shall  be  put  into  a self-locking  tin  box  and  a duplicate 
number  of  the  ear  tag  shall  be  put  into  the  tin  box  with  the 
samples.  The  tin  boxes  containing  the  samples  are  to  be  taken 
or  sent  to  the  microscopic  room  fqr  microscopic  examination, 
together  with  the  numbers  of  all  carcasses  from  which  samples 
were  taken.  The  Inspector  or  his  assistant  shall  as  soon  there- 
after as  possible  make  a microscopic  examination. 

All  carcasses  found  by  microscopic  examination  to  be  affected 
with  trichinae,  shall  be  disposed  of  as  condemned  carcasses,  or 
they  may  be  rendered  into  edible  lard  at  a temperature  not  less 
than  one  hundred  and  fifty  degrees  Fahrenheit,  or  made  into 
cooked  meat  products  if  the  temperature  is  raised  to  the  boiling 
point  sufficient  time  to  thoroughly  cook  the  interior  of  the 
pieces.  Any  of  these  methods  of  disposing  of  the  carcasses  must 
be  conducted  under  the  supervision  of  the  Inspector. 

SEC.  430. — Delivered  in  Closed  Wagons. — All  meats  delivered 
to  the  market  for  sale  or  any  where  else  in  the  city  or  police 
jurisdiction  shall  be  delivered  in  closed  wagons,  which  wagons 
shall  be  thoroughly  cleansed  each  day  under  the  supervision  of 
the  Inspector  or  his  assistant. 

SEC.  431. — Inspection  by  Market  Clerk. — The  Market  Clerk 
shall  inspect  all  meat  brought  to  the  Market  for  sale  and  see  that 
it  is  properly  tagged  and  approved  by  the  Inspector. 

SEC.  432. — Animals  to  be  Slaughtered. — All  animals  shall  re- 
main at  the  slaughter  house  stock  yards  not  less  than  thirty-six 
hours  prior  to  the  time  of  slaughter  except  suckling  calves 
which  can  be  slaughtered  at  any  time  by  consent  of  the  In- 
spector. 

SEC.  433. — Approved  Slaughter  Houses.  Hours. — The  market 
house  in  the  City  of  Columbus  and  the  approved  slaughter 
houses  in  the  police  jurisdiction  of  said  city  and  such  other 
places  in  said  city  and  its  police  jurisdiction  that  may  from  time 
to  time  be  fixed  by  the  Inspector  of  Columbus,  are  designated  as 
places  at  which  animals  and  meats  to  be  used  for  food  in  the 


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City  of  Columbus  and  its  police  jurisdiction  are  to  be  inspected; 
provided,  that  live  animals  shall  not  be  inspected  at  said  market 
house.  The  Inspector  shall  have  the  right  and  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  fix  the  hours  at  which  said  meat  shall  be  inspected. 

SEC.  434. — Dealing  in  Impure  Meat.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  keep,  expose  or 
offer  for  sale  for  food  or  keep  the  same  for  purpose  of  food, 
within  the  limits  of  the  city,  any  emaciated,  tainted,  putrid, 
decayed,  decaying,  unwholesome  or  diseased  meat.  In  case  of 
keeping,  exposing  or  offering  such,  the  City  Inspector  or  his 
assistant  shall  have  the  power  and  authority  to  seize,  condemn 
and  confiscate  the  same  and  also  all  maimed  and  diseased  animals 
or  any  that  may  be  too  young  to  be  used  for  food.  The  keeping, 
exposing  or  offering  for  sale  as  aforesaid  of  any  emaciated, 
tainted,  putrid,  decayed,  decaying,  unwholesome  or  diseased 
meat  or  any  maimed  animals  or  diseased  animal  or  animals  too 
young  to  be  used  for  food,  shall  be  and  is  hereby  declared 
to  be  unlawful. 

SEC.  435. — Condemned  Meat  to  be  Destroyed. — All  cattle  con- 
demned by  the  Inspector  and  ordered  destroyed  by  being  burned 
or  buried  shall  be  at  the  loss  of  the  owner  of  such  cattle  and  no 
payment  whatever  shall  be  made  to  the  owner  for  the  destruction 
of  such  cattle.  All  cattle  condemned  by  the  Inspector  in  a post- 
mortem examination  and  which  can  be  utilized  by  the  owner  of 
slaughter  house  by  being  placed  in  the  rendering  vats  or  tanks 
shall  be  paid  for  at  the  rate  of  two  cents  per  pound  net,  and  all 
hogs,  sheep  and  goats  to  be  paid  for  at  the  rate  of  three  cents  per 
pound  net;  this  payment  to  be  made  by  the  owner  or  owners  of 
slaughter  houses.  All  cattle  condemned  for  other  than  in- 
fectious, contagious  or  incurable  diseases  shall,  with  the  permis- 
sion of  the  Health  Officer  be  returned  to  the  owner  to  make  such 
disposition  of  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

SEC.  436.— Hogs  to  be  Stall  Fed.  When.— All  hogs  fed  on 
blood  and  cooked  meat  shall,  before  being  slaughtered  and 
offered  for  sale,  be  fed  for  thirty  days  on  corn  or  other  sub- 
stantial food. 

SEC.  437. — Penalty. — All  persons,  firms  or  corporations  vio- 
lating these  Sections  or  any  portion  thereof  shall,  on  conviction 


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before  the  Recorder,  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more 
than  $100,  or  be  imprisoned  not  less  than  one  day  nor  more  than 
sixty  days,  one  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


CHAPTER  4 7. 


MARKET  REGULATIONS. 

SECTION  438.— Clerk  of  Market.  General  Duties.— It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Market  to  superintend  and  look 
after  the  market  during  market  hours;  and  to  collect  and  pay 
over  monthly  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  city,  all  fees,  fines  and 
penalties  collected  in  this  department;  to  condemn  all  unsound, 
impure  and  unwholesome  foods  brought  to  the  market  for  sale; 
to  decide  all  disputes  between  buyer  and  seller;  regulate  all 
weights  and  measures;  and  to  do  and  perform  such  other 
duties  as  are  in  this  Chapter  specified,  and  as  may  be  hereafter 
adopted  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen;  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  see  that  the  market  house  is  swept  clean  and  the  blocks 
and  stalls  therein  cleaned  every  day  within  one-half  hour  after 
the  market  closes,  and  to  see  that  all  laws,  rules,  and  regulations 
of  the  city  respecting  the  market  and  the  sale  of  meats,  vege- 
tables and  other  articles  are  strictly  observed;  to  see  that  good 
order  is  maintained  in  said  market  for  which  purpose  he  is 
hereby  vested  with  the  power  of  a policeman,  and  he  is  author- 
ized to  call  to  his  aid  and  assistance  the  Chief  of  Police  or 
any  policeman  of  said  city  in  the  enforcement  of  the  laws,  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  city  relative  to  the  market  and  the  main- 
tenance of  peace  and  good  order. 

SEC.  439. — Market  House.  Hours. — A public  market  shall  be 
held  at  the  market  house  each  day  in  the  year,  Sundays  excepted, 
at  which  market  house  all  articles  usually  kept  and  sold  at  the 
market,  such  as  fresh  meats,  fish,  poultry,  game,  fruits  and 
vegetables  may  be  sold.  Said  market  house  shall  be  opened  at 
4:00  o’clock  A.  M.,  each  day  and  shall  be  closed  at  10:00  o’clock 
A.  M.,  each  day,  except  on  Saturdays  when  said  market  house 
shall  be  kept  open  until  9:00  o’clock,  P.  M. 


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SEC.  440. — Stalls  Rented.  How  and  When.  Regulations. — 
The  stalls  in  said  market  house  shall  be  numbered  consecutively 
and  rented  by  the  Market  Committee  of  Council  to  the  highest 
bidder  at  public  auction  at  the  market  house.  The  meat  stalls  to 
be  rented  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  December  of  each  year 
for  a term  of  twelve  months  beginning  January  the  first  thence 
next  ensuing;  and  the  stalls  in  the  vegetable  market  shall  be 
rented  on  the  first  Monday  in  May  of  each  year  to  the  highest 
bidder.  The  minimum  price  at  which  the  stalls  in  the  meat  mar- 
ket shall  be  rented  shall  be  as  follows:  Corner  or  end  stalls,  one 
hundred  and  twenty  dollars,  and  middle  or  intervening  stalls 
sixty  dollars;  the  corner  or  end  stalls  in  the  vegetable  market, 
thirty-five  dollars,  and  the  middle  or  intervening  stalls,  twenty- 
five  dollars. 

SEC.  441. — Rent  of  Stalls.  Payments  of  Rental. — Each  renter 
of  any  meat  or  vegetable  stall  or  stalls  are  hereby  required  to 
pay  in  advance  upon  the  day  of  renting,  three  months’  rent  and 
the  balance  of  the  rent  to  be  closed  with  notes  to  become  due 
quarterly  thereafter  with  good  security  to  be  approved  by  the 
Finance  Committee  of  Council;  and  a deduction  of  ten  per  cent, 
will  be  made  on  all  notes  given  for  rent  of  meat  or  vegetable 
stalls;  provided , all  three  notes  are  paid  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  February  and  first  day  of  June  respectively,  after  said 
notes  are  given  and  accepted. 

SEC.  442. — Renters  of  Stalls.  Duties. — No  renter  of  any  stall 
in  the  meat  or  vegetable  market  shall  be  permitted  to  take 
possession  or  remain  in  possession  of  any  stall  unless  such 
renter  shall  have  fully  complied  with  all  terms  and  provisions 
respecting  said  rent,  as  well  as  any  other  regulations  required 
of  said  renter  under  the  laws  of  said  city;  and  such  renter  shall 
on  demand  of  the  Market  Clerk  or  other  person  duly  authorized, 
surrender  possession  of  any  stall  so  rented  upon  a non- 
compliance  of  such  renter  with  his  rental  contract  or  other 
market  regulations.  No  person  running  one  or  more  stalls  in 
either  of  said  markets  shall  be  allowed  to  sub-rent  the  same 
without  the  approval  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen, 
which  approval  shall  be  signified  by  their  assent  to  a transfer 


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of  the  license  issued  to  such  renter.  Each  person,  firm  or 
corporation  running  one  or  more  stalls  in  either  of  said  markets 
shall  have  issued  to  him,  them  or  it,  a license  by  the  city  to  carry 
on  and  conduct  a business  in  said  stalls  upon  a compliance  by 
said  renter  with  the  terms  of  rental  as  hereinabove  set  forth. 

SEC.  443. — Market  Bell.  Closing  Hours. — It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Market  Clerk  to  see  that  the  market  bell  is  rung  at  least 
one  minute  before  closing  hours;  and  within  thirty  minutes  after 
the  ringing  of  said  bell  for  closing,  each  and  every  occupant  of  a 
meat  stall  shall  vacate  the  same,  and  each  and  every  occupant  of 
a vegetable  stall  shall  vacate  the  same  at  12:00  o’clock  A.  M., 
except  on  Saturday,  when  they  shall  vacate  said  stall  at  9:30 
o’clock  P.  M. 

SEC.  444. — Stalls.  Use  of. — Stalls  in  the  vegetable  market 
shall  be  used  only  for  the  sale  of  fish,  poultry,  game,  eggs,  butter, 
vegetables,  fruits  and  other  articles  of  like  character. 

SEC.  445. — Meat  Stalls.  For  Fresh  Meats  Only. — Stalls  in  the 
meat  market  shall  be  used  only  for  the  sale  of  fresh  meats;  and 
it  shall  be  unlawful  to  sell  salted  fish  in  any  stall  in  the  vege- 
table market,  or  salted  meat  in  any  stall  in  the  meat  market;  or 
to  make  or  manufacture  any  sausage  in  either  said  vegetable  or 
meat  markets. 

SEC.  446. — Vegetable  Stalls.  Delivery  Wagons. — Persons  rent- 
ing a stall  or  stalls  in  the  vegetable  market  shall  be  allowed  to 
have  one  or  more  wagons  to  each  stall  so  rented  for  the  purpose 
of  carrying  on  the  business  to  be  conducted. 

SEC.  447. — Butchers  and  Salesmen.  Neatness  of  Employees. — 
All  butchers  and  employees  connected  with  the  sale  of  articles 
from  their  stalls  in  the  market,  during  market  hours,  must  be 
clothed  in  clean  over- shirts,  aprons  or  frocks;  and  such  persons 
having  articles  for  sale  on  the  market  shall  remain  inside  of 
their  stalls  in  order  that  free  passage  may  be  had  for  purchasers 
attending  the  market. 

SEC.  448. — Stalls  Kept  Clean.  Clerk’s  Duties. — The  Market 
Clerk  shall  require  the  renter  or  occupant  of  any  and  all  stalls 
used  to  thoroughly  cleanse  said  stall  or  stand  and  any  meat 


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blocks,  tables,  and  benches  connected  therewith,  at  the  close  of 
market  hours;  and  said  Market  Clerk  shall  condemn  all  unsound 
and  unwholesome  articles  of  food  brought  to  the  market  for 
sale  or  offered  to  sell  elsewhere  in  the  city,  and  have  them  imme- 
diately removed  and  destroyed;  and  all  persons  renting  or  in 
charge  of  stalls  are  required  not  to  leave  any  barrels,  boxes,  or 
other  similar  articles  in  stalls  after  market  hours,  or  transact 
any  business  in  their  stalls  after  market  hours. 

SEC.  449. — Smoking  and  Lounging  Forbidden. — No  person 
shall  be  allowed  to  lie  down,  sleep  or  sit  upon  any  of  the  public 
stalls,  benches  or  tables  in  the  market;  nor  shall  any  person 
smoke  a pipe,  cigar,  cigarette  or  tobacco  in  any  form  in  any  part 
of  the  meat  or  vegetable  market;  nor  shall  any  person  be  allowed 
to  offer  their  produce  for  sale  in  a loud  and  boisterous  man- 
ner or  use  any  vulgar,  profane  or  abusive  language  in  and  about 
the  market  house;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Market  Clerk 
to  see  that  the  regulations  in  this  Section  are  rigidly  enforced 
and  the  person  or  persons  violating  the  same  are  prosecuted  in 
the  Recorder’s  Court. 

SEC.  450. — Signs  on  Wagons. — All  persons  renting  stalls  in 
each  of  the  vegetable  or  meat  markets  and  using  wagons  for  the 
sale  and  delivery  of  their  produce  on  the  streets  shall  have  a 
tin  sign  7x20  inches,  neatly  painted,  showing  the  name  of 
renter  and  number  of  stall  rented,  securely  fastened  on  both 
sides  of  their  wagon  or  wagons  in  a conspicuous  place,  showing 
the  number  of  the  stall  rented  and  kept  by  them  at  the  market. 

SEC.  451. — False  Weights  and  Measures.  Revocation  of 
License. — All  persons  or  person  selling  articles  by  weight  or 
measure  below  the  United  States  standard  or  who  may  sell  their 
produce  by  false  weights  or  measures,  or  scales  improperly 
balanced,  shall  be  subjected  to  have  their  license  revoked  and 
punished  as  hereinafter  prescribed  in  this  Chapter. 

SEC.  452. — Clerk’s  Directions  to  be  Observed. — All  persons 
bringing  produce  of  any  kind  to  the  market  for  sale,  shall  com- 
ply with  the  directions  of  the  Market  Clerk  in  the  arrangement 
of  their  horses  and  vehicles;  and  no  horse,  mule,  or  vehicle  of 
any  kind  shall  be  allowed  to  stand  between  the  meat  or  vegetable 


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market  and  the  sidewalk,  longer  than  is  necessary  for  loading 
and  unloading  such  products;  nor  shall  any  person  obstruct 
in  any  manner  the  passageways  in  the  market  by  any  article 
of  any  kind  or  description  whatever,  and  no  person  or  persons 
shall  hitch  or  leave  standing  their  animal  or  vehicle  at  the  mar- 
ket house  after  market  hours. 

SEC.  453. — Peddling  on  Streets.  Regulated. — No  person  shall 
peddle,  sell  or  offer  for  sale  upon  any  of  the  streets  of  the  city, 
between  hours  of  4:00  o’clock  A.  M.,  and  10:00  o’clock  A.  M.,  any 
articles  of  produce  or  provisions  usually  vended  and  sold  at  the 
market  except  renters  or  occupants  of  vegetable  stalls,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided,  who  may  leave  the  market  at  8:00 
o’clock  A.  M.,  and  sell  upon  the  streets  after  that  hour;  provided, 
that  such  persons  who  have  paid  the  market  fees  as  in  this 
Chapter  specified  at  the  market  house  or  such  other  place  as  may 
be  hereafter  designated  may  sell  their  produce  between  the 
hours  of  4:00  A.  M.,  and  10:00  A.  M.,  north  of  Sixteenth  Street; 
persons  other  than  renters  of  stalls  at  the  city  market  who  have 
paid  the  required  market  fees  are  permitted  to  peddle  and  sell 
vegetables,  chickens  and  other  similar  articles  on  the  streets 
after  9:00  o’clock  A.  M.,  but  not  before  that  hour. 

SEC.  454. — Markets  Outside  of  City  Deliveries  in  City. — Any 
person  whose  place  of  business  is  without  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  city  and  who  shall  engage  in  the  business  of  selling  fresh 
meats  and  other  produce  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city,  or  have  delivered  the  same  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  city  on  sales  made  or  orders  taken  from  within  or  without 
the  city  limits,  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  license  as  are  exacted 
of  persons  conducting  and  carrying  on  a like  business  within  the 
limits  of  said  city. 

SEC.  455. — Licenses. — Persons  (except  farmers  as  herein  pro- 
vided) not  renting  stalls  and  selling  at  the  market  house  or  in 
any  part  of  the  city  (this  is  not  to  apply  to  parties  having  proper 
business  license)  vegetables,  fruits,  melons,  poultry,  game, 
butter,  eggs,  fresh  fish  or  other  like  produce,  during  the  market 
hours,  shall  pay  the  following  assessments  or  licenses  for  each 
day’s  sales,  to-wit:  On  dealers  from  hand-carts,  ten  cents  per 


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day;  on  dealers  from  one-horse  wagons,  fifteen  cents  per  day; 
on  dealers  from  two-horse  wagons,  twenty-five  cents  per  day. 
Said  assessments  or  fees  to  be  collected  by  the  Market  Clerk,  who 
shall  keep  an  accurate  account  of  all  assessments  and  fees 
collected  and  report  to  and  turn  the  same  over  to  the  City 
Treasurer. 

SEC.  456. — Vendors  at  Market  Other  Than  Renters  of  Stalls. — 
All  persons  bringing  vegetables  in  basket,  by  hand,  chickens  or 
other  like  articles  in  any  quantity  to  the  market  for  sale  during 
market  hours,  shall  pay  such  a fee  or  fees  for  the  privilege  of 
selling  the  same,  as  the  Market  Clerk  may  think  right  and  proper 
for  the  privilege  to  be  granted.  Vendors  of  small  fruits  from 
baskets  shall  be  allowed  to  sell  the  same  without  paying  any 
market  fees  or  assessments. 

SEC.  457. — Truck  Farmers. — Truck  farmers  selling  at  whole- 
sale only  shall  be  permitted  to  sell  their  products  at  any  time; 
provided,  the  market  fees  specified  in  this  Chapter  are  paid. 

SEC.  458. — Meats  Sold  by  Others  Than  Stall  Renters.  License. 
— Any  person  who  shall  engage  in  the  business  of  selling  fresh 
meats  without  renting  a stall  or  stalls  at  the  market  house,  or 
having  a located  place,  are  required  to  pay  a license  of  $100  per 
annum,  and  shall  comply  with  all  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter 
as  to  the  location  of  the  place  where  such  business  is  to  be 
carried  on  and  shall  conform  to  all  the  requirements  of  this 
Chapter  except  all  persons  who  rent  stall  or  stalls  at  the  market 
house. 

SEC.  459. — Meats  Sold  by  Others  Than  Stall  Renters.  Inspec- 
tion of  Meats. — All  persons  other  than  renters  of  stalls,  selling 
or  offering  for  sale,  fresh  meats  shall  first  have  said  meats 
inspected  by  the  Market  Clerk  at  the  market  house  and  no  person 
shall  be  allowed  to  purchase  any  such  meats  until  the  same  shall 
have  been  inspected;  and  when  said  meats  shall  have  been 
inspected  as  herein  required,  the  Market  Clerk  shall  give  a 
certificate  of  inspection  and  he  shall  condemn  all  spoiled, 
unsound  and  unwholesome  meats  and  pour  oil  thereon,  and  have 
the  same  carried  away  and  destroyed;  and  after  such  inspection 
the  Clerk  of  the  Market  shall  collect  on  each  pig,  hog,  sheep,  calf, 
goat,  kid,  venison  or  quarter  of  beef  ten  cents. 


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SEC.  460. — Feed  Stuffs,  Corn,  Hay,  Etc.,  to  be  Weighed. — Per- 
sons bringing  corn,  fodder,  hay,  oats,  shucks,  peas  in  hull,  pea 
vines  and  other  articles  of  similar  character  to  the  city  on 
wagons  for  sale,  are  hereby  required  to  have  the  same  weighed 
on  the  city  scales  prepared  for  that  purpose  at  the  north  end 
of  the  meat  market  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Market  Clerk 
to  superintend  and  look  after  said  weighing;  and  when  weighed 
give  a certificate  showing  that  the  same  has  been  weighed;  and 
for  which  certificate  he  shall  collect  from  the  owner  or  person 
having  the  same  weighed  a fee  of  fifteen  cents  for  each  wagon 
drawn  by  one  horse,  and  twenty-five  cents  for  each  wagon 
drawn  by  two  horses,  and  fifty  cents  for  each  wagon  drawn  by 
three  or  more  horses. 

SEC.  461. — Defacing  or  Injuring  Market.  Penalty. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  cut,  mutilate,  break  or  deface  or 
otherwise  injure  any  of  the  market  buildings,  stalls,  or  other 
appurtenances  to  said  market  house. 

SEC.  462. — Regulations  to  be  Posted  at  Market. — A copy  of 
these  regulations  shall  be  suspended  in  each  of  the  vegetable  and 
meat  markets  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Market  Clerk  to  give 
such  information  and  explanation  of  these  regulations  as  may  be 
required. 

SEC.  463. — Penalty. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  fore- 
going Sections  of  this  Chapter  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
$100  or  sentenced  to  work  on  the  pubilc  works  of  the  city  for  not 
more  than  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  464. — Farmers  May  Sell  Produce  to  Dealers  Without 
License.— Any  farmer  or  truck  raiser  shall  be  permitted  to  sell 
and  offer  for  sale  to  dealers  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  any 
produce  raised  by  him,  also,  chickens  and  eggs,  between  sun-up 
and  sun-down,  and  he  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  any  market 
fee  for  the  privilege  of  so  doing;  provided,  such  farmer  or  truck 
raiser  and  vendor  of  chickens  and  eggs,  before  selling  or  offering 
any  such  articles  for  sale  shall  apply  to  the  Market  Clerk  and 
procure  a written  permit  to  make  a sale  of  any  such  produce, 
chickens  and  eggs. 


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CHAPTER  48. 


SALE  OF  MILK  AND  DAIRIES. 

SECTION  465. — Permits. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
or  persons  to  bring  into  or  receive  into  the  City  of  Columbus 
for  sale,  or  to  sell,  or  to  offer  for  sale  therein,  or  have  on  hand 
for  purposes  of  sale,  any  milk  or  cream  without  first  obtaining 
from  the  Clerk  of  Council  of  Columbus  permit  to  do  so,  as 
hereinafter  provided. 

Said  permit  shall  state  that  the  licensee  will  comply  with  this 
or  any  other  laws  of  the  city,  and  on  violation  of  any  of  its 
items,  the  Health  Officer  shall  have  the  privilege  of  suspending 
the  license  to  do  business,  and  said  license  may  be  revoked  by 
a majority  vote  of  Council.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  licensee 
to  sell  or  furnish  or  have  on  hand  for  sale  in  the  city,  any  milk, 
after  the  revocation  of  the  license.  The  licensee  can  be  re- 
instated to  do  a regular  dairy  business  by  agreeing  to  same  and 
by  a recommendation  of  the  Sanitary  Committee  and  the  Health 
Officer. 

SEC.  466. — Application  for  Permits. — To  procure  such  a per- 
mit, the  applicant  therefor  shall  file  with  the  said  Clerk  of 
Council  a written  statement  setting  forth  his  residence,  the 
number  of  cows  owned  by  him,  the  name  and  address  of  any 
and  all  persons  from  whom  he  is  purchasing  or  obtaining  milk, 
and  the  number  of  gallons  of  milk  sold  by  him  daily,  as  nearly  as 
he  can  estimate  the  same;  and  if  such  permit  be  granted,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  holder  thereof  to  notify  the  Health  Officer 
in  writing  of  any  change  in  the  name  or  address  of  the  person 
or  persons  from  whom  he  obtains  his  supply  of  milk. 

SEC.  467. — Permits  Issued  Annually.  Renewals. — All  permits 
must  be  renewed  during  the  month  of  January  of  each  year  to 
be  valid.  Renewal  of  permits  may  be  granted  at  the  discretion 
of  the  Health  Officer  after  investigating  the  record  of  said 
applicant. 


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SEC.  468. — Permits  Issued  Without  Fees. — There  shall  be  no 
charge  for  such  permits,  but  in  accepting  same  the  applicant 
agrees  to  furnish  free  of  charge  such  samples  of  milk  as  the 
Inspector  may  take  for  analysis;  provided,  each  sample  be  not 
more  than  one  pint  of  milk  or  cream. 

SEC.  469. — Illegal  Sales. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  sell,  offer  for  sale  or  have  on  hand  for  sale  in  this  city  any 
milk  or  butter,  who  fails  or  neglects,  by  himself  or  agent,  to 
comply  with  all  the  terms  of  this  Chapter  or  who  sells  or 
offers  for  sale  or  has  on  hand  for  sale,  products  from  cows  or 
dairies,  which  are  not  maintained  as  required  by  the  terms  of 
this  Chapter. 

SEC.  470. — Stables  and  Dairies. — No  building  shall  be  used  for 
stabling  cows  for  dairy  purposes  which  is  not  well  lighted,  venti- 
lated, drained  and  constructed. 

SEC.  471. — Floors  to  be  Kept  Clean. — The  stalls  or  places 
where  the  cows  are  milked  shall  be  provided  with  clean  floors. 
The  accumulation  of  urine,  manure,  stagnant  water  or  other 
filth  shall  not  be  permitted  in  any  stable  or  place  where 
milchcows  are  kept  to  that  extent  that  the  cows  may  become 
befouled  lying  in  or  walking  through  the  same. 

SEC.  472. — Inside  of  Dairies.  No  Other  Animals  Permitted  In. 
— No  water  closet,  cess  pool,  urinal,  habited  room  or  workshop 
shall  be  located  within  any  building  or  shed  used  for  stabling 
cows  for  dairy  purposes  nor  shall  any  fowl,  hog,  horse  or  goat 
be  kept  in  any  room  used  for  such  purposes. 

SEC.  473. — Inside  Regulations. — No  accumulation  of  manure, 
urine,  stagnant  water  or  other  filth  shall  be  permitted  within 
twenty  feet  of  the  stalls  or  place  where  cows  are  kept. 

SEC.  474. — Cleanliness  Required. — Every  building  or  shed  for 
cows  for  dairy  purposes  shall  be  kept  clean  and  in  good  repair 
and  well  painted  or  whitewashed. 

SEC.  475. — Diseased  Cows. — Milk  from  cows  suffering  with 
tuberculosis,  antinomycosis,  Texas  fever,  abcess  or  any  other 
contagious  disease  and  milk  from  cows  twenty  days  previous  and 
ten  days  after  parturition  shall  not  be  marketed  in  the  City 
of  Columbus. 

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SEC.  476. — Diseased  Cows  Isolated  from  Herd  and  Reported  to 
Inspector. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  having  charge  or 
control  of  any  premises  upon  which  cows  are  kept,  to  notify  the 
Dairy  Inspector  of  the  existence  of  any  contagious  disease  or 
serious  or  recurring  inflammation,  or  abcess  of  the  udder  imme- 
diately upon  the  discovery  thereof,  and  to  immediately  isolate 
such  cow  or  cows  and  keep  same  away  from  herd  until  per- 
mission is  granted  in  writing  by  the  Dairy  Inspector  to  permit 
such  cow  or  cows  to  return  to  the  herd. 

SEC.  477. — Feed  of  Milchcows. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
dairyman  to  feed  milch  cows  or  have  in  his  possession  with 
intent  to  feed  to  milch  cows,  any  garbage,  swill,  refuse,  wet 
brewers  grain  or  other  improper  food. 

SEC.  478. — Milkers  and  Attendants.  Cleanliness  Required  of. — 
All  milkers  and  other  attendants  who  handle  the  milk  or  cream 
which  is  offered  for  sale  or  delivered  in  the  City  of  Columbus 
shall  be  personally  clean  and  all  such  person  before  entering 
upon  their  duties  shall  thoroughly  wash  their  hands  with  soap, 
and  no  milker  shall  be  permitted  to  wash  the  teats  of  the  cow 
with  milk  or  water  in  the  milk  bucket  or  to  milk  the  cow  with 
wet  or  moist  hands. 

SEC.  479. — Diseased  Cattle  to  be  Reported  to  Health  Officer. — 
It*  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  person  having  charge  or  control  of 
any  premises  upon  which  milk  or  cream  is  produced,  handled, 
stored  or  distributed,  to  notify  the  Health  Officer  immediately 
upon  the  discovery  of  diphtheria,  measles,  membraneous  croup, 
scarlet  fever,  smallpox,  typhoid  fever,  or  any  other  contagious 
or  infectious  disease  upon  such  premises. 

SEC.  480. — Infected  Premises.  No  Sales  From. — No  milk  or 
cream  shall  be  sold  or  exchanged,  given  away,  or  in  any  manner 
distributed  from  such  infected  premises  until  all  danger  of  the 
spread  of  the  disease  shall  be  removed  and  the  Health  Officer 
certifies  to  that  effect. 

SEC.  481. — Milkers  Not  to  Enter  Infected  Premises. — Any  per- 
son who  attends  to  cows  or  milks  them  or  who  has  the  care  or 
handling  of  vessels  for  the  sale,  storage  or  distribution  of  milk 
or  cream  shall  not  enter  any  place  or  premises  wherein  exists 


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any  of  the  diseases  mentioned  herein.  Nor  shall  any  such 
person  have  any  communication,  direct  or  indirect,  with  any 
person  who  resides  in  or  is  an  occupant  of  such  infected  place. 

SEC.  482. — Vehicles. — All  vehicles  used  for  handling  or  distrib- 
uting milk  or  cream  must  be  kept  neat  and  clean  and  in  good 
repair  and  must  not  be  used  for  hauling  manure,  slops  or  any- 
thing else  of  an  objectionable  nature,  and  must  be  provided  with 
a covered  top  of  canvas  or  other  material  which  will  protect 
all  vessels  containing  milk  or  cream  from  the  rays  of  the  sun. 

SEC.  483. — Vehicles.  Name  of  Dairy  on. — Each  vehicle  used 
for  hauling  or  distributing  milk  or  cream  shall  have  printed  on 
each  side  in  letters  not  less  than  three  inches,  the  name  of  the 
dairy,  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom  such  permit  was  granted, 
and  the  number  of  such  permit. 

SEC.  484. — Milk  Depots. — All  milk  depots  and  places  for 
handling  milk  or  cream  must  be  kept  thoroughly  clean  through- 
out, and  must  be  screened  so  as  to  exclude  all  flies.  The  floors 
of  milk  depots  must  be  of  cement  or  tiling.  The  room  in  which 
the  milk  is  handled  or  kept,  shall  be  screened,  or  protected  in 
such  manner  as  to  be  free  from  flies  and  bugs. 

SEC.  485. — Care  of  Milk. — All  milk  shall  be  strained  as  soon  as 
milked.  All  milk  must  be  offered  for  sale  as  milked  from  the 
cow,  and  must  not  be  passed  through  cream  separators  or  other 
apparatus  other  than  strainers  for  the  purpose  of  removing 
manure,  dirt  or  other  substance. 

SEC.  486. — Time  of  Marketing. — All  milk  shall  be  marketed  as 
soon  as  possible  after  milking. 

SEC  487. — Pure  Milk. — All  milk  brought  into  the  city  or  sold 
or  offered  for  sale  in  the  city  must  not  contain  more  than 
200,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter. 

SEC.  488. — Milk  Containing  Dirt. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  or  persons  to  bring  or  receive  into  the  City  of  Columbus 
for  sale,  or  to  sell  any  milk  which  contains  any  manure  or  dirt 
(that  is  in  quantity  sufficient  to  be  detected  with  the  naked  eye 
after  milk  has  been  standing  for  one  hour  or  more.) 

SEC.  489. — Refrigerators. — No  milk  shall  be  kept  in  ice  boxes 
or  refrigerators  which  are  in  any  way  connected  with  sewers 


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or  cess  pools  nor  shall  any  milk  be  kept  in  the  same  com- 
partments of  any  ice  box  or  refrigerator  in  which  meats  or  other 
articles  of  food  are  kept. 

SEC.  490. — Milk  Deliveries  into  Infected  Houses. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  dealer  in  milk  or  cream  or  his  agents  to  serve 
milk  or  cream  in  bottles  to  any  dwelling  that  has  in  it  any 
contagious  disease  or  that  is  placarded  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Health  for  contagious  diseases  until  such  placard  has 
heen  removed  by  the  proper  authorities.  This  Section  is  not 
intended  to  prevent  the  delivery  of  milk  or  cream  to  such 
dwellings. 

SEC.  491. — Milk  Bottles  Not  to  be  Removed  from  Infected 
Houses. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  remove  from 
such  dwelling  any  bottles  or  receptacles  which  have  been  or  are 
to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  or  storing  milk  or 
cream. 

SEC.  492. — Milk  to  be  Bottled  at  Milk  Depot  or  Dairy. — It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  dealer  in  milk  or  cream  or  his  agents  to 
bottle  or  cause  to  be  bottled  or  to  be  placed  in  jars  or  cans  any 
part  of  his  milk  or  cream  supply  while  upon  the  wagon,  or  at  any 
other  place  than  the  dairy  or  milk  depot. 

SEC.  493. — Temperature. — All  milk  brought  or  shipped  into  the 
city  for  sale,  or  offered  for  sale,  by  dairymen  or  their  agents, 
milk  depots,  hotels,  restaurants,  lunch  rooms,  ice  cream  factories, 
etc.,  shall  be  kept  at  a temperature  below  fifty-five  degrees 
Fahrenheit  and  must  not  contain  more  than  200,000  bacteria  per 
cubic  centimeter.  All  milk  or  cream  used  in  ice  cream  factories, 
bakeries,  soda  fountains,  etc., must  be  kept  at  a temperature  below 
fifty-five  degrees  Fahrenheit  and  must  not  contain  more 
than  200,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter. 

SEC.  494. — Preservatives.  Adulterated  Milk. — It  shall  be  un- 
lawful to  sell,  offer  for  sale  or  have  on  hand  for  sale,  any  milk, 
cream,  butter  or  cheese  containing  any  preservatives  of  any 
kind,  or  adulterated  milk,  cream,  butter  or  cheese. 

SEC.  495. — Adulterated  Milk  Defined. — The  words  “adulter- 
ated milk”  as  used  in  this  Chapter  mean:  Milk  containing  more 


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than  eight  per  centum  of  water;  milk  containing  less  than 
twelve  per  centum  of  milk  solids;  milk  containing  less  than 
three  and  six-tenths  per  centum  of  butter  fats;  milk  which  has 
been  diluted  with  water  or  other  fluid  or  to  which  has  been 
added,  or  into  which  has  been  introduced,  any  foreign  substance 
whatever;  milk  drawn  from  animals  fed  on  distillery  waste,  wet 
brewers  grain,  or  any  substance  in  a state  of  fermentation  or 
putrifaction,  or  on  any  unwholesome  food. 

SEC.  496. — Cream. — Cream  sold  or  offered  for  sale  as  such 
must  contain  at  least  eighteen  per  cent,  butter  fats,  and  must 
not  contain  any  foreign  substances  or  coloring  matter  and  must 
not  contain  more  than  200,000  bacteria  to  the  cubic  centimeter. 

SEC.  497. — Ice  Cream. — Ice  cream  sold  or  kept  for  sale  must 
contain  at  least  ten  per  cent,  butter  fats  for  fruit  ice  cream  and 
twelve  per  cent,  for  plain  ice  cream.  All  ice  cream  factories 
where  ice  cream  is  manufactured  for  sale  must  have  floors  of 
tiling  or  cement. 

SEC.  498. — Skimmed  Milk. — All  milk  which  contains  less  than 
three  and  six-tenths  per  cent,  butter  fats  and  not  less  than  ten 
and  five-tenths  total  solids  which  is  of  specific  gravity  between 
1030  and  1038,  which  is  free  from  foreign  addition  of  any  kind, 
and  conforms  to  the  requirements  of  sweet  milk  as  regards 
temperature  and  number  of  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter,  except 
where  being  ripened  for  buttermilk,  shall  be  known  as  “skimmed 
milk,”  and  may  be  lawfully  sold  as  such,  if  all  vessels,  cans  and 
packages  be  distinctly  marked  in  a conspicuous  place  on  the 
outside  of  each  container  with  the  words  “skimmed  milk”  in 
plain  letters. 

SEC.  499. — Care  of  Vessels. — All  cans,  bottles  or  vessels  of  any 
kind  used  for  holding  milk  or  cream,  must  be  cleansed  at  least 
once  a day  with  soap  or  soda  or  other  cleansing  preparations 
made  for  the  purpose  and  then  rinsed  with  boiling  water.  They 
should  always  be  cleansed  as  soon  as  emptied.  All  bottles,  cans 
and  vessels  in  which  milk  or  cream  has  been  delivered  must  be 
thoroughly  cleansed  before  they  are  returned  to  the  dairymen. 

SEC.  500. — Copy  of  This  Law  With  Each  Permit  Issued. — 
Copies  of  this  Chapter  are  to  be  printed  on  large  cardboards 
and  copy  of  same  delivered  with  each  permit,  or  renewal  of 


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same,  and  said  copy  must  be  posted  in  a conspicuous  place  in 
the  dairy  or  milk  depot  of  party  holding  such  permit. 

SEC.  501. — Penalty. — Any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  their 
agent  or  employees  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Chapter  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  an  offense  and  upon  con- 
viction thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  $1.00  and  not  exceeding  $100,  or  sentenced 
to  work  upon  the  public  works  for  a term  not  exceeding  thirty 
days,  one  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


CHAPTER  4 9. 


FOOD  PRODUCTS.— PROTECTION  FROM  FLIES. 

SECTION  502. — Foods  Protected  From  Flies. — All  persons, 
firms  or  corporations,  their  agents  or  employees  in  charge  of  or 
working  at  meat  markets,  fish  markets,  restaurants,  bakeries, 
retail  grocery  stores,  milk  depots,  lunch  counters,  tables,  stands 
or  any  other  place  where  articles  of  food  are  kept  or  sold  or 
offered  for  sale,  shall  thoroughly  and  securely  screen  all  doors, 
windows  or  other  openings  into  such  places  so  as  to  prevent  the 
ingress  of  flies  or  other  insects  thereto. 

SEC.  503. — Kept  Inside  of  Stores,  Etc. — No  article  of  food, 
excepl  live  articles,  such  as  chickens,  ducks,  etc.,  shall  be  kept 
on  the  outside  of  any  retail  store,  market,  restaurant,  bakery, 
milk  depot  or  other  place  where  food  is  sold  or  offered  for  sale, 
or  upon  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  such  places  for  purposes  of 
display,  or  for  purposes  of  advertisement,  or  for  any  other 
purpose  except  to  receive  and  deliver  same  to  and  from  such 
place,  unless  such  place  where  any  article  of  food  is  offered  for 
sale  be  securely  screened  so  as  to  prevent  flies  and  other  insects 
from  coming  in  contact  with  such  food. 

SEC.  504. — Bakeries.  4 Fly  Proof  Vehicles  and  Receptacles. — It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  firm  or  person  to  run  or  operate 
any  bakery  or  deal  in  bread  or  any  employee  of  such  bakery  or 
dealer  in  bread  to  carry  or  cause  to  be  carried,  bread,  cakes  or 
pies  or  like  articles  of  food  through  the  street’s  unless  trans- 
ported in  fly  proof  or  dust  proof  receptacles. 


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All  wagons  used  for  transporting  bread,  cakes  and  pies  and 
like  articles  of  food  shall  be  furnished  with  a fly  proof  and  dust 
proof  compartment  that  shall  contain  shelves  on  which  the  bread 
shall  be  placed  and  such  shelves  shall  be  covered  with  clean 
paper  and  this  paper  shall  be  changed  at  least  once  every  twenty- 
four  hours.  Furthermore,  all  bread,  cakes,  pies  and  like  articles 
of  food  offered  for  sale  in  grocery  stores,  bakeries  or  other  retail 
distributors  of  bread,  etc.,  shall  be  kept  in  fly  proof  and  dust 
proof  show  cases  or  like  receptacles. 

SEC.  505. — Stables  and  Cow  Lots.  Protection  from  Flies. 
Cleanliness  of. — It  is  wisdom  to  prevent  the  breeding  of  flies  as 
far  as  possible,  and  as  flies  breed  more  abundantly  and  rapidly 
in  manure  piles  than  in  any  other  source,  therefore,  no  person, 
firm,  or  corporation  shall  be  allowed  to  keep  on  his,  her  or  their 
premises,  within  the  City  of  Columbus,  horses,  mules  or  cows, 
without  cleaning  and  sprinkling  the  floor  or  surface  of  stall, 
stable  or  lot  in  which  said  animals  are  kept,  every  morning 
from  April  1st  to  October  1st,  of  each  year  with  some  disinfect- 
ant and  at  least  once  a week  from  October  1st  to  March  31st  of 
each  year.  The  excretia  of  such  animals  shall  not  be  allowed  to 
remain  on  such  premises  for  a longer  period  than  one  week 
when  it  shall  be  removed  lo  some  point  without  the  city;  but  as 
long  as  it  shall  remain  on  the  premises  it  shall  be  con- 
stantly sprinkled  with  some  disinfectant  or  securely  screened. 

SEC.  506. — Delivery  Wagons.  Protected  from  Flies. — All  ped- 
dlers of  fruits  and  vegetables  doing  business  under  a license  in 
the  City  of  Columbus  or  by  permission  of  the  city  authorities 
shall  have  tops  on  their  wagons  and  shall  furthermore  have  their 
wagons  screened  so  as  to  prevent  the  ingress  of  flies  or  other 
insects. 


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PLUMBING  REGULATIONS. 

SECTION  507. — Connections  with  Sewers. — No  person  shall 
connect  any  drain  or  pipe  with  any  public  sewer  or  any  appur- 


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tenance  of  a public  sewer,  or  maintain  such  connection  without 
the  permission  of  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  and  the 
General  Inspector. 

SEC.  508. — Injuring  Sewers  and  Fixtures. — No  person  shall 
injure  any  sewer  or  fixture  or  appurtenance  of  a sewer  or 
deposit  any  garbage,  offal  or  refuse  matter  or  material  of  any 
kind  in  any  catch  basin,  manhole  or  other  fixture  of  a public 
sewer  or  remove  any  manhole  cover  without  the  permission  of 
the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  and  the  General  Inspector. 

SEC.  509. — Plumber’s  Licenses. — No  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion engaged  in  or  working  at  the  business  of  plumbing  shall 
engage  in  or  work  at  the  business  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Ga., 
either  as  master,  employing  or  journeyman  plumber,  unless  such 
person,  firm  or  corporation  first  receives  a license  therefor  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter.  No  person, 
firm  or  corporation  carrying  on  the  business  of  plumbing  shall 
allow  his,  her  or  their  name  to  be  used  by  any  other  person, 
directly  or  indirectly,  either  to  obtain  a permit,  or  to  do  any 
work  under  his,  her  or  their  licenses. 

SEC.  510. — Plumbing  Defined. — Within  the  meaning  of  this 
Chapter  the  following  shall  constitute  plumbing:  The  connect- 

ing of  all  pipes  and  appurtenances  pertaining  to  a sanitary 
fixture. 

SEC.  511. — Penalty. — Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  pro- 
vision or  Section  of  this  Chapter  shall,  on  conviction  before  the 
Recorder,  be  punished  by  confinement  not  exceeding  thirty  days 
or  by  fine  not  exceeding  $50.00,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  512. — Appeals  to  Sanitary  Committee. — The  General 
Inspector  is  to  be  the  judge  of  the  material  and  workmanship; 
and  the  construction  of  this  Chapter  as  to  its  meaning.  Should 
any  difference  in  opinion  arise  appeal  from  his  decision  shall 
be  made  to  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  in  writing,  and 
a copy  of  the  same  furnished  to  the  General  Inspector  within 
six  hours,  stating  clearly  the  points  at  issue,  otherwise  the 
decision  of  the  General  Inspector  will  govern. 


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SEC.  513. — Plumbers  to  be  Competent. — Persons  licensed  as 
drain  layers  or  plumbers  shall  furnish  the  Committee  on  Streets 
and  Sewers  with  satisfactory  evidence  of  their  ability  and 
willingness  to  do  the  work  in  accordance  with  the  laws  and 
ordinances  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

SEC.  514. — Applications  for  Permits. — Applications  for  permits 
to  connect  with  any  public  sewer  must  be  made  to  the  General 
Inspector  on  a form  prescribed  by  and  furnished  by  him.  The 
application  for  permit  must  be  signed  by  the  owner  of  the  prem- 
ises to  be  connected  or  his  attorney  and  must  state  the  location 
of  the  premises,  the  name  of  some  licensed  plumber  to  be  employ- 
ed, and  must  be  made  prior  to  the  commencment  of  any  work 
thereon.  Such  application  must  contain  an  agreement  on  the 
part  of  the  owner  to  abide  by  all  rules  and  regulations  estab- 
lished by  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  and  the  General 
Inspector,  and  to  waive  any  claim  for  damages  in  case  of 
revocation  as  herein  provided. 

SEC.  515. — Penalty. — Persons  violating  the  regulations  after 
receiving  permits,  shall  be  fined  $5.00  per  day  for  every  day 
that  the  drain  remains  connected  with  the  public  sewer  after 
being  notified  by  the  General  Inspector  that  the  work  has  been 
improperly  done,  or  for  such  other  reasons  as  the  said  General 
Inspector  may  deem  sufficient. 

SEC.  516. — Inspections  by  General  Inspector.  Penalty. — Any 
plumbing  work  as  aforesaid  or  any  house  sewer  or  house  drain 
which  shall  be  covered  over  before  it  has  been  inspected  and 
passed  by  the  General  Inspector  shall  be  uncovered  for  inspec- 
tion and  the  contractor,  builder  or  plumber  who  may  be  in 
charge  of  the  work  and  who  may  be  responsible  therefor,  shall 
be  subject  to  the  penalties  prescribed  in  this  Chapter  for  the 
violation  of  this  Section.  All  lead  work  shall  be  in  where  pos- 
sible and  under  test. 

SEC.  517. — Connections  with  Sewers. — Where  there  is  a sewer 
in  the  street  every  sewer  shall  be  separately  and  independently 
connected  with  it  unless  the  General  Inspector  shall  give  per- 
mission, which  said  General  Inspector  is  hereby  authorized  to 


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do,  to  the  owner  of  two  or  more  contiguous  houses  to  connect 
them  all  to  the  sewer  through  one  opening. 

SEC.  518. — Old  Sewers  Replaced. — When  either  an  old  or  a 
new  house  is  placed  upon  a lot  which  has  an  old  sewer  within 
any  part  of  its  foundation,  said  sewer  must  be  either  removed 
or  replaced  with  cast  iron  pipe,  except  under  frame  buildings, 
having  open  space  underneath  and  then  terra  cotta  may  be  used 
where  depth  of  pipe  below  surface  of  the  ground  is  18  inches, 
or  more,  all  sewers  and  pipes  to  be  run  in  accordance  with 
these  regulations. 

SEC.  519. — Re-laying  Old  Sewers. — In  taking  up  and  re-laying 
old  sewers  for  any  reason  only  sound  pipe  can  be  used  and  must 
be  inspected.  The  General  Inspector,  if  he  deems  it  necessary, 
shall  order  “Y’s”  placed  in  the  lines  of  the  sewer  for  the  purpose 
of  cleaning,  especially  in  any  old  lines  that  have  been  or  are 
giving  trouble. 

SEC.  520. — Size  of  Pipes  Leading  to  Main  Sewers. — For  no 
reason  shall  sewers  be  reduced  in  size  toward  the  main  sewer. 
After  leaving  the  opening  in  the  main  sewer  the  pipe  must  not 
increase  in  size  unless  a special  permit  in  writing  be  obtained, 
stating  the  particulars  for  such  permit. 

SEC.  521. — Houses  to  be  Separately  Connected.  When. — When 
for  any  reason  a permit  has  been  given  allowing  the  use  of  one 
line  of  sewer  for  two  or  more  houses,  and  for  any  reason  it 
afterwards  becomes  necessary  to  have  each  of  the  houses  con- 
nected separately,  the  permit  allowed  to  be  issued  will  have  no 
effect,  and  the  General  Inspector  may  order  premises  or  houses 
separately  connected  when  in  his  judgment  it  is  necessary  for 
same  to  be  done. 

SEC.  522. — Back  Pressure  Valves. — Where  for  any  reason 
plumbing  work  is  so  located  that  there  may  be  back  pressure 
from  the  city  sewers,  back  pressure  valves  shall  be  put  in. 
Such  arrangement  will  not  be  allowed  where  possible  to  avoid 
it;  and  damage  occurring  to  property  will  be  at  owners  risk. 

SEC.  523. — Plans  of  Work  to  be  Filed  with  Inspector. — Every 
plumber,  before  doing  any  work  in  any  building,  except  the 


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repairing  of  leaks  or  opening  the  obstructed  pipes  or  fixtures, 
shall  first  file  with  the  General  Inspector  or  his  assistant  a plan 
or  drawing  and  written  description  thereof,  signed  by  the  owner, 
or  his  or  her  agent,  and  no  -such  work  shall  be  done  without 
the  inspection  and  approval  of  the  said  General  Inspector.  This 
rule  refers  to  all  new  work,  modifications,  replacements  and 
extensions  of,  existing  work. 

SEC.  524. — Right  of  Entry  into  Buildings  for  Inspection. — 

The  General  Inspector,  so  far  as  may  be  necessary  in  the  per- 
formance of  his  duties,  has  the  right  to  enter  any  building  or 
premises  in  the  City  of  Columbus  without  interference  or  hin- 
drance, and  he  shall  have  the  power  to  condemn  any  unsanitary 
work.  A specific  time  shall  be  given  in  which  to  remedy  said 
work.  He  shall  also  report  all  persons  who  shall  interfere  with 
him  in  the  performance  of  his  duties. 

SEC.  525. — Tests  to  be  Made. — When  required  by  the  General 
Inspector,  all  soil,  waste,  vent  and  leaders  must  be  tested  with 
water,  or  other  satisfactory  tests  by  Ihe  plumber  in  the  presence 
of  the  General  Inspector  and  all  defects  corrected. 

SEC.  526. — Not  to  be  Used  Until  Approved. — No  plumbing 
work  shall  be  used  until  it  has  been  duly  passed  by  the  General 
Inspector. 

SEC.  527. — Soil  and  Waste  Pipes. — All  soil  and  waste  pipes 
shall  be  carried  above  the  roof,  undiminished  in  size  to  a point 
at  least  two  feet  above  the  roof. 

SEC.  528. — Sewer,  Waste  and  Vent  Pipes. — All  sewer,  soil, 
waste  and  vent  pipes  shall  be  as  direct  as  possible,  and  shall  be 
constructed  so  that  they  can  be  rodded  if  necessary.  “Y”  clean- 
outs shall  be  placed  at  every  turn  and  change  in  direction  of 
pipes. 

SEC.  529. — Pipe  from  Buildings.  Grade. — From  a point  ten 
feet  outside  the  building  where  the  iron  pipe  ends,  to  the 
main  sewer,  shall  not  be  less  than  five  inch  earthen  pipe, 
first  quality,  laid  with  uniform  grade;  soil  to  be  well  rammed 
to  prevent  settling,  the  joints  to  be  fitted  and  filled  with  Portland 
cement.  A scraper  or  wiper  must  be  used  after  each  joint  is  laid 


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to  remove  cement  which  has  been  forced  to  the  inside  of  the 
pipe.  Work  required  by  this  Section  to  be  inspected  by  the 
General  Inspector. 

SEC.  530. — Waste  Pipes  and  Traps. — The  sewer,  soil  and  waste 
pipes  and  all  traps  must  be  exposed  to  view  for  ready  inspection 
and  convenience  in  repairing.  When  traps  are  placed  in  parti- 
tion walls  they  must  never  be  covered  except  with  wood  work 
so  fastened  with  screws  that  it  may  be  readily  removed. 

SEC.  531. — Waste  Pipes  from  Sinks,  Closets  and  Baths. — The 
waste  pipe  of  each  and  every  sink,  basin,  bath,  water  closet, 
urinal  or  other  fixture  must  be  separately  and  effectually  trapped. 
And  all  bath  tubs,  sitz  baths,  and  shower  baths,  shall  have  drum 
traps,  of  either  lead,  iron  or  brass.  4x8  inches,  and  not  less 
than  one  and  one-half  (14)  inches  inlet  and  outlet  and  vent,  said 
traps  to  be  located  not  exceeding  18  inches  from  fixtures  which 
it  serves.  No  trap  shall  be  less  than  14  inches,  no  waste  pipe 
shall  be  less  than  14  inches. 

SEC.  532. — Traps  to  be  Ventilated. — Each  and  every  trap  shall 
be  ventilated  or  looped  into  system.  Each  trap  vent  pipe  shall 
be  of  not  less  size  than  the  trap  which  it  serves,  except  in  case 
of  water  closets,  which  shall  be  not  less  than  two  inches  in 
diameter.  Combination  vents  two  inches  in  size  may  be  used  in 
cases  where  the  General  Inspector  may  consider  it  good  practice 
combining  water  closets  and  baths  only.  Where  water  closet 
is  installed  on  top  floor  and  no  other  fixtures  above,  back  vent 
may  be  dispensed  with  on  syphon  wash-down  and  syphon  jet 
closets.  When  impracticable  to  vent,  sure  seal  traps  of  a type 
approved  by  the  General  Inspector  may  be  used. 

SEC.  533. — Air  Pipes. — All  air  pipes  and  waste  pipes  two  inches 
in  diameter  or  over  shall  be  of  iron.  Short  lengths  of  lead  may 
be  used  where  exposed  to  view,  and  all  lead  used  shall  be  not 
less  weight  than  is  specified  in  this  Chapter. 

SEC.  534. — Vent  Pipes. — All  vent  pipes  shall  extend  two  feet 
above  the  roof,  and  the  highest  window  within  twenty  feet  of 
stack,  and  shall  have  “Y”  and  eighth  Lend  clean-out  at  foot  of  the 
stack.  When  in  the  opinion  of  the  Inspector,  it  is  deemed  neces- 
sary to  extend  the  stack  higher  than  above  specified,  his 


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decision  shall  be  final.  Said  stack,  when  extended,  shall  be 
thoroughly  braced,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Inspector. 

SEC.  535. — Water  Closets. — Every  water  closet  shall  be  sup- 
plied by  water  from  a separate  tank  containing  at  least  five 
gallons,  and  shall  have  a flush-pipe  not  less  than  one  and  one- 
quarter  inches  in  diameter,  and  have  a trap  above  the  floor. 

SEC.  536. — Water  Closets  Outside  of  Buildings. — Water  closets 
located  outside  of  buildings  shall  be  supplied  with  tank  and 
properly  trapped. 

SEC.  537. — Water  Closets.  Location. — Water  closets  must  never 
be  placed  in  an  unventilated  room.  In  no  building  will  water 
closets  be  placed  in  cellars  without  special  permit. 

SEC.  538. — Waste  Pipes  from  Refrigerators. — No  waste  pipe 
from  a refrigerator  or  receptacle  where  food  stuffs  are  kept,  nor 
from  a soda  fount,  bar  fixture  or  floor  drain  where  fish  or 
food  stuffs  are  sold  or  kept  shall  be  directly  connected  to  a 
sewer  but  may  be  drained  into  a sink  drum-trapped,  or  into  a 
yard  grate,  said  grate  to  be  trapped  from  sewer. 

SEC.  539. — Exhaust  Pipes. — No  steam  exhaust,  blow-off  or 
drip  pipe  shall  be  connected  directly  with  a sewer,  soil,  waste  or 
vent  pipe. 

SEC.  540. — Cast  Iron  Pipe. — All  cast  iron  pipe  shall  be  free 
from  flaws  and  of  uniform  thickness. 

SEC.  541. — Joints. — All  joints  in  iron  pipes  shall  be  made  with 
lead  and  oakum,  well  caulked.  All  connections  of  lead  to  iron 
pipe  shall  be  made  with  brass  ferrules,  and  wiped  joints  or 
an  approved  lead  ferrule  of  not  less  than  the  following  weights 
and  all  lead  pipes  shall  conform  to  these  weights: 


li  inch  pipe 3 pounds  per  foot. 

14  inch  pipe 4 pounds  per  foot. 

2 inch  pipe 5 pounds  per  foot. 

3 inch  pipe 5 pounds  per  foot. 

4 inch  pipe 8 pounds  per  foot. 


SEC.  542. — Lead  Pipe  Connections. — All  connections  of  lead 
pipe  shall  be  wiped  joints. 

SEC.  543. — Traps  Connected  to  Vent  Pipes. — When  more  than 
one  trap  is  to  be  connected  to  a vent  pipe  the  branches  must  be 
run  into  the  main  vent  above  the  highest  fixture. 


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SEC.  544. — Materials.  General  Quality. — All  materials  used  in 
the  work  of  plumbing  and  drainage  must  be  of  good  quality 
and  free  from  defects.  The  work  must  be  executed  in 
a thorough  and  workmanlike  manner.  Any  master  or  journey- 
man plumber,  who  shall  repair,  add  to  or  replace,  any  work  no', 
in  keeping  with  this  Ordinance,  or  shall  do  any  work  .not  per- 
mitted by  this  Ordinance,  shall  be  punished  as  provided 
for  any  violation  of  any  provision  or  Section  of  this  Chapter. 

SEC.  545. — Penalty. — Any  violation  of  this  Chapter  shall  be 
punished  by  a fine  not  to  exceed  $50.00,  or  imprisonment  not  to 
exceed  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  546. — Penalty. — In  addition  to  the  above  penalty,  the 
plumber  shall  be  compelled  to  cause  the  work  to  conform  to  this 
Chapter  and  each  delay  in  complying  shall  be  considered  a 
separate  and  distinct  offense  and  shall  be  punished  accordingly. 

SEC.  547. — Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers.  Powers  and 
Duty. — The  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  is  hereby  given 
the  power  to  modify  any  of  these  requirements  that  circum- 
stances may  demand,  where,  in  their  judgment,  it  will  be  to  the 
interest  of  the  health  of  the  city  or  citizens,  and  any  license  or 
permit  may  be  revoked  whenever  a majority  of  the  Committee 
on  Streets  and  Sewers  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  the  public 
interest  requires  it,  and  all  permits  shall  be  granted  subject  to 
such  condition. 


ARTICLE  VII. 


STREETS  AND  SIDEWALKS. 


ARTICLE  VII. 


CHAPTER  51. 


NUMBERING  HOUSES. 

SECTION  548. — Houses  Shall  be  Numbered. — All  the  business 
houses  and  dwellings  situated  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  be  numbered  according  to  the  plan  or 
system  hereinafter  described. 

SEC.  549. — Starting  Lines. — The  initial  or  starting  lines  shall 
be  fixed  on  Broad  Street  north  from  First  Street  and  east  and 
west  from  Broad  Street  and  allowing  100  numbers  to  each  block. 

SEC.  550. — How  Numbered. — The  even  numbers  shall  be  put 
on  the  right  side  of  the  streets  and  the  odd  numbers  on  the  left 
side  of  the  streets,  allowing  not  more  than  25  feet  to  each  num- 
ber and  the  figures  shall  not  be  less  than  two  and  a quarter 
inches  high. 

SEC.  551. — Chief  of  Police.  Duty  as  to  Numbering  Houses. — 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  see  that  all  new 
buildings  which  may  hereafter  be  erected  or  changes  in  the 
fronts  of  buildings  already  erected,  shall  be  supplied  with  the 
number  or  numbers  to  which  they  shall  be  entitled  under  this 
Chapter  by  the  owners  thereof,  and  in  all  such  cases  the  figures 
shall  correspond  with  the  plan  or  system  herein  contained. 

SEC.  552. — Numbering  of  Houses.  Required.  Expense  of. 
Executions. — In  all  cases  where  house  numbers  have  been  fur- 
nished by  the  officers  or  agents  of  the  city  to  the  owners  or 
agents  of  the  houses,  such  owners  or  agents  shall  at  once  proceed 
to  have  such  houses  numbered  and  upon  a failure  so  to  do  for 
the  space  of  thirty  days  from  such  furnishing  of  such  numbers, 
then  the  city  shall  proceed  to  have  such  house  numbers  properly 
affixed  or  painted  on  such  houses,  at  the  expense  of  the  property 
owners;  and  upon  the  failure  of  such  property  owners  to  pay 
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such  expense  by  July  1 of  any  year,  the  Clerk  of  Council  shall 
issue  execution  as  for  taxes  against  said  owners  for  the  cost  of 
doing  such  work. 


CHAPTER  5 2. 


STREETS;  NAMES  OF,  CHANGED. 

SECTION  553. — Names  of  Streets  Changed. — The  name  of  that 
part  of  Bay  Street  north  of  Twelfth  Street  being  an  extension 
northward  of  Front  Street,  shall  be  changed  to  Front  Street. 
The  short  street  leading  from  the  lower  city  common  road 
bridge  to  Broad  Street,  not  named  on  the  map  of  the  city,  shall 
be  known  and  designated  as  Dillingham  Street. 

SEC.  554. — Numbered  Streets. — The  City  Engineer  is  instructed 
to  cause  numbers  to  be  substituted  for  the  names  of  all  streets 
in  the  city  running  east  and  west,  and  that  in  future  said  streets 
shall  be  known  by  numbers  instead  of  names.  Said  numbers 
to  begin  at  what  is  now  known  as  “Dawson”  Street,  which  shall 
hereafter  be  known  as  First  Street.  Dawson  Street,  First; 
Carnes  Street,  Second;  Goulding  Street,  Third;  Covington  Street, 
Fourth;  Fulton  Street,  Fifth;  Early  Street,  Sixth;  Few  Street, 
Seventh;  Baldwin  Street,  Eighth;  Thomas  Street,  Ninth;  Craw- 
ford Street,  Tenth;  St.  Clair  Street,  Eleventh;  Randolph  Street, 
Twelfth;  Bryan  Street,  Thirteenth;  Franklin  Street,  Fourteenth; 
Lee  Street,  Fifteenth;  Washington  Street,  Sixteenth;  Woolfolk 
Sireet,  Seventeenth. 

SEC.  555. — Names  Changed. — The  name  of  Oglethorpe  Street  is 
changed  to  First  Avenue;  Jackson  Street  is  changed  to  Second 
Avenue;  Troup  Street  is  changed  to  Third  Avenue;  Forsyth 
Street  is  changed  to  Fourth  Avenue;  McIntosh  Street  is  changed 
to  Fifth  Avenue;  Mercer  Street  is  changed  to  Sixth  Avenue.  The 
road  formerly  known  as  the  Hamilton  Road  from  Seventeenth 
Street  to  its  intersection  with  the  northern  limits  of  the  city,  shall 
be  known  as  Hamilton  Avenue;  and  that  the  road  formerly  known 
as  the  Talbotton  Road  from  its  intersection  with  what  was 


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formerly  known  as  the  Hamilton  Road  at  Conti’s  store,  northerly 
to  where  it  intersects  the  city  limits  shall  be  known  as  Talbot 
Avenue. 

SEC.  556. — In  Rose  Hill  Annex. — All  of  the  streets  and  avenues 
except  Hamilton  and  Talbot  Avenues  in  what  is  known  as  the 
Rose  Hill  annex,  be  numbered  and  named  by  the  City  Engineer  as 
far  as  possible,  in  accordance  with  the  plan  already  adopted  by 
the  city  and  as  indicated  elsewhere  in  this  Code;  and  that  the 
houses  therein  be  numbered  in  accordance  with  the  plan  already 
adopted  by  the  city  and  as  provided  elsewhere  in  this  Code. 

SEC.  557. — Wericoba  Drive.  Name  Changed. — The  name  of 
the  street  in  the  annex  formerly  known  as  Wericoba  Drive  shall 
be  changed  to  East  Seventeenth  Street. 


CHAPTER  5 3. 


IMPOUNDING  ANIMALS. 

SEC.  558. — Prohibiting  Animals  and  Geese  and  Ducks  in  Any 
of  the  Streets  and  Prescribing  Charges  for  Impounding  the 
Same. — No  horses,  mules,  jacks,  cattle,  hogs,  goats,  geese  or 
ducks  shall  be  permitted  in  any  of  the  streets  or  parks  of  this  city 
except  while  being  driven  through  the  same  and  any  of  the 
aforesaid  animals  so  found  running  at  large  shall  be  impounded 
by  the  Chief  of  Police,  who  shall  advertise  and  sell  the  same 
after  giving  five  days’  notice  of  time  and  place  thereof  by  pub- 
lication in  the  newspaper  having  the  city  publishing  contract 
and  unless  the  owner  shall  within  that  time  redeem  the  same 
by  paying  all  impounding  fees  and  charges  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided for.  When  sold  the  net  proceeds  shall  be  paid  into  the  city 
Treasury  for  account  of  owner.  Nothing  in  this  Ordinance 
shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  grazing  of  such  animals  upon 
the  commons  of  the  city  when  they  are  in  charge  of  competent 
persons.  The  fees  and  charges  for  impounding  as  aforesaid 
shall  be  as  follows:  Horses,  mules  and  jacks,  75  cents  impound- 

ing fee  and  40  cents  per  day  for  food;  cattle,  50  cents  impounding 


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fee  and  25  cents  per  day  for  food;  hogs,  25  cents  impounding  fee 
and  25  cents  per  day  for  food;  goats,  25  cents  impounding  fee 
and  25  cents  per  day  for  food;  geese  and  ducks,  15  cents  im- 
pounding fee  and  5 cents  per  day  for  food. 


CHAPTER  5 4. 


RAILROAD  CROSSINGS. 

SECTION  559. — Railroad  Companies  to  Station  Flagmen  at 
Crossings  on  Thirteenth  Street. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
railroad  company  operating  engines,  trains  or  cars  on  or  across 
Thirteenth  Street,  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  between  Sixth  and 
Eighth  Avenues,  to  place  or  station  at  the  point  where  said 
track  or  tracks  cross  said  street,  a competent  flagman  who  shall 
be  required  to  keep  said  track  and  crossing  clear,  about  or  at  the 
time  of  the  passage  of  any  engine,  train  or  car  across  or  along 
said  street.  Said  flagman  must  be  stationed  at  said  crossing  and 
must  see  that  the  way  is  kept  clear,  and  no  person  or  property 
is  in  any  way  injured  or  damaged  by  reason  of  the  passage  or 
running  of  such  engine,  train  or  cars.  Nothing  in  this  Section 
shall  be  construed  as  to  authorize  any  railroad  company  to 
obstruct  said  street  for  a greater  length  of  time  than  five  minutes 
or  longer  time  than  is  absolutely  necessary  for  the  proper  move- 
ment of  its  trains. 

Any  superintendent  or  other  officer  or  agent  of  any  railroad 
company  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  require- 
ments of  this  Section  shall  be  fined  or  imprisoned  for  each  day’s 
default  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  560. — Regulating  the  Construction  and  Maintenance  of 
Railroad  Crossings. — All  railroad  companies  owning  or  operat- 
ing railroads  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
shall  be  required  to  construct  and  keep  in  good  repair  and  safe 
condtion  at  the  various  street  crossings  and  at  such  other  points 
throughout  the  city  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Committee  on 
Streets  and  Sewers,  suitable  crossings  over  the  tracks  of  said 
railroads.  The  crossing  shall  be  constructed  upon  plans  and 


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specifications  approved  by  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers 
and  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works;  and  when  so  required 
shall  be  built  in  accordance  with  plans  furnished  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works.  On  Broad  Street,  between  First, 
Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth  and  Sixth  Avenues,  between  Fourth 
and  Nineteenth  Streets,  wherever  it  may  be  required  and  so 
designated  by  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers,  there  shall 
be  built  two  crossings,  each  to  be  at  least  twenty  feet  wide;  one 
on  each  side  of  the  avenue  or  street.  All  other  crossings  shall  be 
at  least  forty  feet  wide.  Wherever  it  may  be  required  and 
when  so  notified  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  the 
railroad  company  shall  construct  and  maintain  across  and 
through  its  tracks  sidewalk  and  cross-walk  crossings,  of  width 
not  less  than  eight  feet.  The  crossing  shall  be  built  in  a good 
and  substantial  manner  and  of  such  material  as  to  maintain  the 
surface  of  the  driveway  or  walk  even  with  the  top  of  the  rails; 
and  the  space  between  the  rails  must  be  kept  smooth  and  even 
with  the  top  of  the  rails.  Wherever  crossings  are  located 
where  the  grade  of  the  street  and  the  tracks  vary  or  differ,  suit- 
able approaches  to  the  crossings  shall  be  built  and  maintained 
by  the  railroad  company. 

Wherever  the  distance  from  center  to  center  of  two  or  more 
tracks  located  on  one  street  is  not  greater  than  twelve  feet,  the 
space  between  such  tracks  shall  be  kept  in  good  order  and  repair 
by  the  railroad  company  owning  or  operating  such  tracks.  And 
at  wagon  or  foot  crossings  over  such  tracks  the  space  between 
the  tracks  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  regulation  as  that  be- 
tween the  rails. 

The  grade  of  the  railroad  tracks  and  that  of  the  streets  along 
which  they  are  laid  must  conform  as  far  as  practicable,  and  the 
railroad  companies  are  hereby  required  to  keep  the  surface  of 
the  street  between  the  rails  and  eighteen  inches  outside  of  each 
rail,  smooth  and  even  and  not  more  than  two  inches  below  the 
top  of  the  rails.  Suitable  openings  or  drains  shall  be  built  and 
maintained  by  the  railroad  companies  under  and  through  the 
several  railroad  tracks  owned  or  operated  by  them,  in  order  to 
effect  the  proper  drainage  of  any  street  or  area;  said  openings  or 
drains  to  be  located  at  such  points  as  may  be  designated  by  the 


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Superintendent  of  Public  Works;  provided,  that  certain  tracks 
and  locations  when  so  designated  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  and  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  shall  not 
be  subject  to  the  requirements  of  this  Section.  When  any  cross- 
ing or  section  of  tracks  is  in  bad  condition  and  does  not  conform 
to  the  requirements  of  this  Ordinance,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works  to  notify  the  owner  or  super- 
intendent or  agent  or  operator  of  the  railroad  to  have  same  put 
in  order  as  prescribed  in  this  Section; and  should  the  work  not  be 
done  and  approved  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  and 
upon  conviction  of  said  owner,  or  superintendent  or  agent  or 
operator  of  any  railroad  having  failed  or  refused  to  have  such 
work  done  in  conformity  with  the  terms  of  this  Section  in  the 
Recorder’s  Court,  the  said  owner  or  superintendent  or  agent  or 
operator  shall  be  fined  any  sum  not  over  $100,  or  confined  in  the 
guard  house  or  county  jail  not  over  thirty  days,  either  or  both, 
or  any  part  thereof,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


CHAPTER  5 5. 


SIDEWALKS. 

SECTION  561. — Cellar  Doors. — No  cellar  doors  shall  extend 
more  than  six  feet  into  any  sidewalk,  and  said  cellar  door  shall 
be  kept  in  a good  state  of  repair;  nor  shall  any  portion  thereof  be 
elevated  above  the  level  of  such  sidewalk. 

SEC.  562. — Porches,  Steps  and  Platforms. — Porches,  steps  and 
platforms  shall  not  extend  into  any  sidewalk.  All  and  every 
person  or  persons  who  have  encroached  or  may  encroach  on  any 
of  the  sidewalks  or  streets  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  by  any 
building,  porch,  steps,  signs,  cellar  doors,  railing,  platform  or 
enclosure,  or  obstruction  of  any  kind,  shall  remove  the  same 
by  order  of  the  Mayor,  or  the  Mayor  and  Council.  Any  person 
or  persons  owning  or  having  charge  of  any  building  or  lots 
where  there  are  encroachments  of  any  kind,  who  shall  neglect  or 
refuse  to  remove  the  same,  after  having  received  reasonable 
notice  to  do  so,  shall  be  fined  for  every  day  of  such  refusal  or 


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neglect,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  and  the  Mayor, 
or  Mayor  and  Council,  may  upon  such  refusal  have  the  same 
done  at  the  expense  of  the  owners.  Provided,  that  the  owner  of 
any  building  located  on  Sixth  Avenue  in  said  city,  may,  under 
the  supervision  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  con- 
struct steps  leading  from  the  Sixth  Avenue  sidewalk  into  the 
cellar  or  basement  of  said  building,  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  said  steps  are  properly  safe- 
guarded by  railings  or  enclosures  and  do  not  interfere  with 
the  free  use  of  the  sidewalks;  said  steps,  with  their  protections, 
to  be  subject  to  removal  as  provided  in  this  Code. 

SEC.  563. — Leading  or  Riding  Animals  on. — No  person  shall 
ride,  drive  or  lead  any  horse  or  other  animal  upon  any  sidewalk 
or  crossing  in  this  city  unless  for  the  purpose  of  necessarily 
crossing  the  same  or  allow  any  animal  belonging  to  him,  or 
under  his  care  to  stand  on  such  sidewalk  or  crossing. 

SEC.  564. — Obstructing  with  Goods,  Merchandise  or  Other- 
wise.— No  person  shall  deposit,  place  or  put  or  suffer  to  be  de- 
posited, placed  or  put  by  any  person  or  persons  in  his  or  her  em- 
ployment any  goods,  wares,  firewood,  boxes  or  other  obstruction 
on  any  such  sidewalk,  except  while  actually  removing  the  same 
into  or  out  of  some  building  or  enclosure,  nor  shall  any  person 
suspend  or  cause  to  be  suspended  over  any  sidewalk,  any  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise  in  such  manner  as  to  obstruct  the  free 
passage  of  such  sidewalk  or  annoy  any  person  in  passing  along 
such  sidewalk. 

SEC.  565. — Penalty. — For  violation  of  either  of  the  four  pre- 
ceding Sections  the  person  offending  shall  be  punished  by  fine 
or  other  punishment  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  566. — Obstructions.  Livery  Stables. — No  goods,  wares, 
or  merchandise  or  other  articles  of  whatever  description  shall  be 
placed  and  allowed  to  remain  longer  than  is  necessary  to  remove 
them,  on  any  sidewalk  within  the  distance  of  seven  feet  from 
the  outer  edge  thereof.  Livery  stable  keepers  shall  be  required 
to  keep  a space  of  ten  feet  from  the  inner  line  of  the  sidewalk 
in  front  of  their  premises  free  from  obstructions  of  whatever 
character. 


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SEC.  567. — Police  to  Keep  Open. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Chief  of  Police  and  the  police  of  said  city  to  keep  the  streets 
and  sidewalks  thereof  open  and  free  for  public  passage  and 
travel  and  for  that  purpose  they,  or  any  one  of  them  may  order 
the  dispersal  of  any  assemblage  of  persons  that  may  be  obstruct- 
ing or  interfering  with  such  passage  or  travel.  And  any  person 
refusing  to  obey  such  order  or  continuing  such  obstruction  or 
interference  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  obstructing  the  sidewalk 
or  street  and  shall  be  liable  to  arrest  and  on  conviction  by  the 
Recorder’s  Court  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  to  exceed 
$50.00,  or  by  imprisonment  or  confinement  at  hard  labor  on  the 
public  works,  such  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  thirty  days,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


CHAPTER  5 6. 


SEWERS— CONSTRUCTION  AND  REGULATIONS. 

SECTION  568. — Sewers  and  House  Connections. — No  person 
shall  connect  any  drain  or  pipe  with  any  public  sewer  or 
any  appurtenance  of  a public  sewer,  or  maintain  such  connec- 
tion, without  the  permission  of  the  Committee  on  Streets  and 
Sewers  and  Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

No  person  shall  injure  any  sewer  or  fixture  or  appurtenance 
of  a sewer  or  deposit  any  garbage,  offal  or  refuse  matter  or 
material  of  any  kind  in  any  catch-basin,  man-hole  or  other  fix- 
ture of  a public  sewer  or  remove  any  man-hole  cover  without 
the  permission  of  the  Street  and  Sewer  Committee  and  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works. 

All  connections  with  the  sewers  and  all  house  or  yard  drains 
shall  be  laid  from  the  sewer  to  the  property  line  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works,  with  city  labor,  the  cost  of  the  work  to 
be  paid  by  the  plumber  who  obtains  the  permit,  or  the  party  for 
whose  benefit  or  use  the  connection  is  made  or  drain  laid. 
Before  any  work  is  done  an  application  to  have  the  drain  must 
be  filed  at  the  office  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  and 
before  a permit  for  the  same  can  be  issued  an  amount  of  money 


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or  satisfactory  security  for  same  shall  be  deposited  with  the 
City  Treasurer  sufficient  to  cover  the  actual  cost  of  doing  the 
work;  the  amount  of  said  deposit  to  be  determined  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Works.  Should  the  cost  of  the  work  be  less 
than  the  amount  of  the  deposit,  the  difference  shall  be  returned 
to  the  party  making  it;  and  if  the  work  cost  more  than  the 
amount  deposited,  the  balance  shall  be  paid  to  the  city  and 
upon  failure  or  refusal  to  pay  same,  the  city  shall  proceed  to 
collect  it  in  the  manner  prescribed  for  the  collection  of  taxes. 

Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  provision  of  this  Section 
shall,  on  conviction  before  the  Recorder,  be  punished  by  fine 
not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty 
days,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

Persons  licensed  as  drain  layers  or  plumbers  shall  furnish  the 
Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  with  satisfactory  evidence  of 
their  ability  and  willingness  to  do  the  work  in  accordance  with 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  said  Committee,  and  execute  a bond 
in  such  sum,  and  with  such  securities  as  shall  be  approved  by 
said  Committee  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  work  of  drain 
laying  and  plumbing,  in  conformity  with  such  rules  and  regu- 
lations. 

Applications  for  permits  to  connect  with  any  public  sewer 
must  be  made  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  in  a form 
prescribed  by  and  furnished  by  him.  The  application  must  be 
signed  by  the  owner  of  the  premises  to  be  connected  or  his 
attorney  and  must  state  the  location  of  the  premises,  the 
name  of  some  licensed  plumber  to  be  employed,  and  must  be 
made  prior  to  the  commencement  of  any  work  thereon.  Such 
application  must  include  an  agreement  on  the  part  of  the  owner 
to  abide  by  all  rules  and  regulations  established  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  Streets  and  Sewers  and  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works  and  to  waive  any  claim  for  damages  in  case  of  revocation 
as  herein  provided.  Permits  to  connect  with  public  sewer  will 
be  issued  only  when  the  plumbing  in  the  building  connected  is 
in  accordance  with  the  rules  prescribed  in  these  regulations. 
Persons  violating  the  regulations  after  receiving  permits 
shall  be  fined  $5.00  for  every  day  that  the  drain  remains  con- 
nected with  the  public  sewer  after  being  notified  by  the  Superin- 


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tendent  of  Public  Works  that  the  work  has  been  improperly 
done,  or  for  such  other  reasons  as  the  said  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  may  deem  sufficient. 

All  joints  on  vitrified  pipe  shall  be  made  tight  with  neat 
hydraulic  cement,  and  iron  pipe  with  gasket  and  molten  lead 
well  caulked,  except  in  case  the  pipe  shall  be  wrought  iron 
with  screw  joint,  in  which  case  the  joints  must  be  made  with 
a paste  of  red  lead  and  left  perfectly  clear  and  smooth,  and  a 
proper  scraper  shall  be  drawn  through  each  pipe  and  laid.  A 
running  trap,  the  full  size  of  the  main  house  drain  with  a hand- 
hole, fitted  with  proper  cover  for  inspection  and  cleaning  shall 
be  placed  on  the  drain  just  inside  the  curb  line  where  the  build- 
ing occupies  the  property  line  of  the  street.  A fresh  air  pipe 
leading  from  the  open  air,  and  protected  at  the  open  end  with 
a return  or  other  suitable  covering  shall  be  joined  to  the  main 
house  drain  on  the  house  side  of  the  main  trap,  and  no  trap  or 
other  obstruction  shall  be  placed  in  the  main  pipe  between  this 
point  of  juncture  and  the  open  space  above  the  roof. 

The  back  filling  shall  be  thoroughly  rammed  and  the  paving  or 
ballast  replaced  in  the  best  condition  and  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  within  forty-eight  hours 
after  the  back  filling  of  the  trench.  Neglect  of  this  rule  shall  be 
sufficient  cause  for  revocation  of  the  drain  layer’s  or  plumber’s 
license.  Notice  must  be  left  at  the  office  of  the  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works  before  the  work  is  begun  on  a drain,  and  no 
material  shall  be  used  or  work  covered  up  until  inspected  and 
approved  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

Before  any  plumbing  or  drainage  work  is  done  in  a building 
or  before  any  additions  are  made  to  the  old  work  except  neces- 
sary repairs  a plan  and  description  of  the  work  to  be  done, 
signed  by  a licensed  plumber  on  blanks  furnished  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Works,  shall  be  filed  at  the  office  of  the  said 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works  and  no  such  work  shall  be  done 
until  such  plan  shall  have  been  approved  and  a written  permit 
to  do  the  work  issued  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 
No  plans  shall  be  altered  without  special  permit  signed  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works.  Notice  must  be  left  at  the 


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office  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  when  the  work  is 
ready  for  inspection  and  no  work  shall  be  covered  or  hidden 
until  inspected  and  approved. 

All  traps  shall  be  separately  ventilated  by  a special  vent  pipe 
extending  through  the  roof.  No  vent  pipe  or  traps  two  or  more 
inches  in  diameter  shall  be  less  than  two  inches  in  diameter  and 
vent  pipes  on  smaller  sized  traps  shall  be  the  same  size  as  the 
traps  ventilated.  All  vent  pipes  shall  rise  continuously  from 
traps  which  they  ventilate  with  a grade  of  not  less  than  one- 
quarter  of  an  inch  to  one  foot  and  every  junction  between  vent 
pipes  must  be  made  above  the  top  of  the  highest  fixture  which 
either  of  them  ventilates. 

All  waste  or  vent  pipes  of  less  size  than  two  inches  in  diameter 
shall  be  of  lead  of  not  less  than  the  following  weights,  viz: 
Two  inch  pipe,  four  pounds  per  lineal  foot;  one  and  one-half 
inch  pipe,  three  and  one-half  pounds  per  lineal  foot;  one  and 
one-quarter  inch  pipe,  two  and  one-half  pounds  per  lineal 
foot;  one  inch  pipe,  two  pounds  per  lineal  foot.  All  cast  iron  pipe 
shall  be  made  gas  tight  with  gasket  and  molten  lead  properly 
caulked.  Joints  on  lead  pipe  shall  be  wiped  joints  whenever 
possible;  joints  on  wrought  iron  or  brass  pipes  shall  be  made 
with  brass  ferrules;  joints  on  iron  pipes  when  wrought  iron 
pipes  are  joined  by  screw  joints  shall  be  made  with  a paste 
of  red  lead,  as  hereinbefore  described. 

Water  closets  shall  in  all  cases  be  connected  with  the  soil 
pipe  by  water  and  gas  tight  flanges  or  lead  joints.  All  water 
closets  connected  shall  be  flushed  from  a special  syphon  tank 
above  them.  No  pipes  or  fixtures  shall  be  connected  with  the 
public  sewers  of  a pattern  not  acceptable  to  the  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works.  All  soil  and  waste  pipes  shall  be  as  direct  as 
possible  and  so  arranged  that  they  may  be  readily  examined,  and 
no  pipe  shall  be  covered  until  it  has  been  inspected  by  an 
authorized  inspector.  All  drains,  soil  or  waste  pipes  three 
inches  or  more  in  diameter  inside  a building,  and  to  a point  at 
least  four  feet  outside  the  foundation  walls  shall  be  of  iron.  All 
soil  pipes  shall  be  at  least  four  inches  in  diameter  and  extend 
without  traps  through  the  roof  to  a point  at  least  three  feet 


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above  that  part  of  the  roof  through  which  it  comes,  or  at  least 
six  inches  above  the  highest  part  of  the  roof,  should  it  come  out 
near  the  comb  of  the  roof;  it  must  be  remote  from  windows; 
no  sheet  metal,  drain  or  ventilating  pipe  shall  be  used.  Waste 
pipes  from  refrigerators  or  safes,  or  overflows  from  tanks  and 
cisterns,  from  which  water  is  used  for  drinking  or  cooking 
purposes,  shall  not  be  connected  with  any  drain  or  soil  pipe. 

The  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  and  the  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works,  shall  have  the  power  to  stop  and  prevent  the 
discharge  of  sewerage  from  any  premises,  in  and  upon  any 
public  highway,  stream,  watercourse  or  public  place,  or  into  any 
drain  or  cesspool,  or  public  or  private  sewer,  whenever  they 
shall  determine  the  public  good  demands  it.  All  plumbing  or 
drainage  work  shall  be  tested  by  such  test  as  the  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works  may  direct,  and  when  the  work  does  not  stand 
the  test,  it  must  be  repaired  within  ten  days  or  connection  with 
the  sewer  shall  be  discontinued.  All  drain  laying,  plumbing, 
repairs  and  connections,  shall  be  made  according  to  the  rules  and 
regulations  above  prescribed,  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

License  to  plumbers  may  be  issued  in  pursuance  of  the  above 
regulations,  and  shall  continue  for  the  term  of  one  year  from 
the  date  thereof,  unless  sooner  revoked.  Any  license  or  permit 
may  be  revoked  whenever  a majority  of  the  Committee  on  Streets 
and  Sewers  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  the  public  interest  so 
requires,  and  all  licenses  and  permits  shall  be  granted  subject 
to  such  condition. 

SEC.  569. — Regulating  the  Making  of  Openings  on  the  Paved 
Streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  plumber,  drain  layer,  gas  or  waterworks  company  to 
disturb,  excavate  or  make  an  opening  of  any  kind  whatsoever,  on 
any  of  the  paved  streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  or  those  that 
may  hereafter  be  paved,  without  first  obtaining  a written  permit 
from  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

All  openings  or  excavations  that  may  be  made  under  said 
permit  shall  be  done  under  the  direction  of  the  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works  at  the  expense  of  the  party  or  parties,  for  whose 


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benefit  the  excavation  is  made  and  in  accordance  with  such 
rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Committee  on 
Streets  and  Sewers  and  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works;  and 
that  the  back  filling  of  all  trenches  and  excavations  shall  be 
thoroughly  tamped  and  rammed  in,  and  the  replacing  of  the 
paved  surface  shall  be  done  in  a good  and  substantial  manner, 
satisfactory  to  and  under  the  supervision  of  the  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works. 

Any  person,  firm  or  company  or  corporation  or  the  agents 
thereof,  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordi- 
nance, shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $2.00,  nor  more  than  $25.00 
for  each  and  every  violation. 


CHAPTER  5 7. 


WIDTH  OF  STREETS  AND  SIDEWALKS.— TREE  PLANTING. 

SECTION  570. — Width  of,  and  Other  Regulations. — The  widths 
of  sidewalks  from  property  line  to  outside  of  curb  and  the 
planting  of  trees  on  all  sidewalks  and  in  the  streets  of  the  City 
of  Columbus  shall  conform  to  the  following  rules  and  regula- 
tions under  the  supervision  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works: 

The  sidewalks  shall  be  4 feet  wide  on  streets  of  24  feet  width. 

The  sidewalks  shall  be  6 feet  wide  on  streets  of  30  feet  width. 

The  sidewalks  shall  be  8 feet  wide  on  streets  of  40  feet  width. 

The  sidewalks  shall  be  10  feet  wide  on  streets  of  50  feet  width. 

The  sidewalks  shall  be  12  feet  wide  on  streets  of  60,  66,  70  and 

80  feet  width. 

The  sidewalks  shall  be  13  feet  wide  on  streets  of  90  feet  width. 
Uniform  width  of  15  feet  on  each  and  both  sides  of  Broad  Street 
between  Ninth  and  Thirteenth  Streets;  provided,  further,  that 
the  sidewalks  on  Rroad  Street  between  Ninth  and  Fifteenth 
Streets  shall  not  be  less  than  15  nor  greater  than  18  feet  wide. 
The  sidewalks  on  streets  99  feet  wide  and  on  streets  and  avenues 
132  feet  wide  and  over  shall  be,  not  less  than  14  feet  nor 
greater  than  20  feet  wide;  the  fixed  width  between  these  limits  to 
be  determined  and  designated  by  the  Committee  on  Streets  and 
Sewers  and  the  Superintendent  of  Pubilc  Works  whenever  the 
improvement  of  such  streets  and  avenues  shall  require  it. 


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The  24  feet  streets  are  Twenty-first,  Twenty-third,  Twenty- 
fifth,  Twenty-seventh  and  Twenty-ninth  in  City  Village.  The  30 
feet  streets  are  Linwood  or  Twenty-sixth  or  Centre  Street.  The 
40  feet  streets  are  Seventeenth,  between  Fifth  and  Tenth  Ave- 
nues, Lawn  Street,  Russell  Street,  Pine  Street,  Tenth  Avenue 
north  of  A Street,  Olive  Street,  Rose  Hill  Street,  North  Street, 
Twentieth  Street  between  Third  and  Hamilton  Avenues,  Ham- 
ilton Avenue  between  Talbot  Avenue  and  Hill,  or  Twenty- 
seventh  Street  and  Twenty-third  Street  between  City  Village 
and  Talbot  Avenue.  The  50  feet  streets  are  Dillingham 
Street,  First  Avenue  from  Twentieth  to  Twenty-ninth  Street, 
Hamilton  Avenue  from  Hill,  or  Twenty-seventh  Street  to  city 
limits,  Third  Avenue  from  Nineteenth  to  Twenty-ninth  Streets, 
Twentieth  Street  from  Hamilton  to  Talbot  Avenue,  Eleventh 
Avenue  north  of  G.  M.  & G.  R.  R.,  East  Nineteenth  Street,  Talbot 
Avenue,  Jordan  Street,  Robinson  Street,  Florida  Street, 
Virginia  Street,  Carolina  Street,  Johnson  Street  and  Alabama 
Street.  The  60  feet  streets  are  Chappel  Street,  Linwood  Drive, 
East  Seventeenth  Street  or  Wericoba  Drive,  E Street,  Warren 
Street,  Railroad  Street,  Tenth  Avenue,  between  East  Seventeenth 
Street  and  A Street,  and  Hill  or  Twenty-seventh  Street  and 
Comer  Avenue.  The  66  feet  streets  are  Eighteenth  Street,  Nine- 
teenth Street  west  of  Robinson,  Twentieth,  Twenty-second, 
Twenty-fourth,  Twenty-sixth  and  Twenty-eighth  Streets  in  City 
Village.  The  70  feet  streets  are  Hamilton  Avenue  between 
Seventeenth  and  Talbot  Avenue,  Eleventh  and  Twelfth  Ave- 
nues. The  80  feet  streets  are  A Street,  B Street,  C Street,  D Street, 
First,  Third  and  Fourth  Avenues  from  Twenty-ninth  Street  to 
the  city  limits.  The  90  feet  streets  are  First  Avenue  from  Nine- 
teenth to  Twentieth  and  Second  Avenue  from  Nineteenth  Street 
to  city  limits.  The  99  feet  streets  are  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth, 
Sixth,  Seventh,  Eighth,  Ninth,  Tenth,  Eleventh,  Twelfth,  Thir- 
teenth, Fourteenth,  Fifteenth,  Sixteenth,  Seventeenth  Streets, 
Short  Street,  Bay  Street,  Front  Street  above  Twelfth  Street, 
Cemetery  Street,  Seventh,  Eighth,  Ninth  and  Tenth  Avenues. 
The  132  feet  streets  are  Front  Street  to  Twelfth,  First,  Second 
and  Third  Avenues  to  Nineteenth  Street,  Fourth  and  Fifth  Ave- 


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nues  to  Seventeenth  Street,  and  Sixth  Avenue  to  cemetery.  The 
164  feet  street  is  Broad  Street. 

All  planting  of  trees  on  streets  and  sidewalks  shall  be  as 
follows: 

On  sidewalks  they  shall  be  inside  of  curb,  and  shall  be  distant 
from  property  line — 

3 feet  on  all  sidewalks  of  4 feet  width. 

5 feet  on  all  sidewalks  of  6 feet  width. 

7 feet  on  all  sidewalks  of  8 feet  width. 

8 feet  on  all  sidewalks  of  10  feet  width. 

10  feet  on  all  sidewalks  of  12  feet  width. 

11  feet  on  all  sidewalks  of  13  feet  width. 

12  feet  on  all  sidewalks  of  14  feet  width. 

12  feet  on  all  sidewalks  of  16  feet  width. 

The  sidewalks  on  Hamilton  Avenue  from  Talbot  Avenue  to 
Twenty-seventh  Street  shall  be  16  feet  wide. 

And  the  distance  between  trees  to  be  designated  and  pre- 
scribed by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

Tree  Planting. — There  shall  be  no  trees  planted  in  the  middle 
of  the  streets  with  less  than  70  feet  width,  and  the  middle  plant- 
ing shall  be  in  streets  of  70,  80,  90  and  99  feet  width  a single 
row  of  trees  491  feet  distance  from  the  property  line. 

In  streets  132  feet  wide,  the  planting  shall  be  in  two  rows  26 
feet  apart  and  53  feet  from  property  line.  On  Broad  Street  the 
planting  shall  be  in  two  rows  40  feet  apart,  distance  62  feet  from 
property  line.  In  all  cases  of  doubt  arising  from  local  con- 
ditions such  as  railroads,  amount  of  traffic,  streams  or  ditches 
and  irregularities  of  ground,  etc.,  the  decision  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works  shall  be  final. 

The  distance  between  all  trees  planted  on  any  and  all  streets 
shall  be  designated  and  prescribed  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works.  Any  person  planting  any  tree  or  trees,  other 
than  the  manner  provided,  shall,  upon  notice  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works,  remove  the  same  within  five  days  time; 
in  default  of  which  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  removed  at  the  expense  of  the  person  or 
persons  planting  the  same  and  in  case  of  failure  to  remove  the 
same,  the  person  or  persons  so  planting  said  trees  shall,  on 
conviction  thereof,  be  fined  by  the  Recorder  in  a sum  not  less 
than  $1.00,  nor  more  than  $20.00. 


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CHAPTER  5 8. 


PAVING  AND  CURBING.— PAVING  AND  CURBING  SIDE- 
WALKS—GENERAL  REGULATIONS— RULES  AND  COST  OF 
—ASSESSMENTS  FOR. 

SECTION  572. — Superintendent  of  Public  Works  to  Fix  Grades 
and  Curbs. — Whenever  Council  shall  by  resolution  or  otherwise 
give  notice  of  intention  to  improve  the  sidewalks  on  certain 
streets,  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall  proceed  to 
fix  the  grade  and  locate  the  curb  lines  thereon,  and  under  his 
supervision  and  direction  shall  have  suitable  curbing  set  and  the 
walks  properly  graded  and  surfaced. 

SEC.  573. — City  May  Construct  or  Contract.  Assessments 
Against  Abutting  Owners. — The  cost  of  setting  the  curbing  and 
making  the  improvements  shall  be  as  follows:  The  city  shall 

furnish  the  curbing  either  by  quarrying  from  its  own  quarry  or 
by  contract  to  let  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder.  The  actual 
cost  of  the  curbing  laid  down  on  the  sidewalk  shall  be  paid  by  the 
owners  of  the  abutting  property  along  and  in  front  of  which  the 
curbing  is  set  and  the  cost  of  said  curbing  shall  be  assessed 
against  and  charged  to  the  owners  of  the  abutting  property,  and 
shall  be  collected  as  provided  in  the  new  Charter  of  the  City  of 
Columbus.  The  city  shall  furnish  the  labor  and  pay  all  cost  of 
setting  the  curbing  in  place  and  all  cost  of  grading  and  surfacing 
the  sidewalk.  Whenever  it  may  be  necessary  to  lay  drains 
across  the  sidewalk  in  order  to  drain  the  abutting  property,  the 
owners  thereof  shall  pay  the  cost  of  such  material  as  may  be 
required  and  the  drain  shall  be  laid  by  the  city.  Any  or  all 
of  the  work  prescribed  in  this  Section  may  be  done  by  the 
city  with  hired  labor,  or  by  contract  let  to  the  lowest  responsible 
bidder,  the  whole  to  be  done  under  the  direction  and  supervision 
of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  and  in  accordance  with 
the  plans  and  specifications  furnished  by  him. 

SEC.  574. — Width.  Material.  Work  by  City.  Superintendent 
Supervises. — Whenever  it  is  desirable  and  Council  shall  by  reso- 
lution or  otherwise  so  designate,  any  sidewalk  shall  be  paved 


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to  such  width  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works,  the  kind  and  character  of  pavement  to  be  deter- 
mined by  Council.  The  work  of  constructing  the  pavement  and 
all  necessary  work  attendant  thereto  shall  be  done  by  the  City 
of  Columbus,  either  by  contract  let  to  the  lowest  responsible 
bidder  or  directly  with  hired  labor  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  575. — Bids  for.  Committee  Advertises.  City  Awards. — 
All  contracts  for  the  construction  of  sidewalk  pavement,  either 
for  the  furnishing  of  material  or  for  both  material  and  labor, 
shall  be  made  and  awarded  by  the  Committee  on  Streets  and 
Sewers,  after  having  been  approved  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen,  and  all  pavements  constructed  or  material  furnished 
under  such  contracts  shall  be  in  accordance  with  plans  and 
specifications  furnished  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works, 
and  the  entire  work  shall  be  under  his  supervision  and  subject 
to  his  approval. 

SEC.  576. — Costs  Assessed  Against  Abutting  Owners.  When 
Due.  Executions. — The  entire  cost  of  constructing  pavement  as 
aforesaid,  including  all  material  and  labor,  shall  be  assessed 
against  and  charged  to  the  owners  of  the  abutting  property 
along  and  in  front  of  which  the  pavement  is  placed  and  shall  be 
collected  as  provided  in  the  new  Charter  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  and  shall  be  due  and  payable  immediately  on  com- 
pletion of  the  work  and  if  not  paid  on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  the  following  month,  execution  shall  issue  therefor  and  said 
execution  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  seven  per  cent,  per 
annum  until  paid. 

SEC.  577. — Repairs.  Assessments  for. — All  repairs  which  may 
be  needed  upon  sidewalks  which  are  now  or  may  be  hereafter 
paved  shall  be  repaired  at  the  expense  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
when  said  repairs  have  to  be  made  within  five  years  after  the 
building  of  said  walks.  After  five  years  the  cost  of  repairs  shall 
be  assessed  against  the  abutting  property  owners. 

SEC.  578. — Owners  May  Pave  with  Consent  of  Committee  on 
Streets  and  Sewers. — No  curbing  shall  be  set  and  no  sidewalk 
pavement  laid  on  any  of  the  streets  throughout  the  city  except  as 


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provided  in  the  preceding  Sections;  provided,  however,  any 
property  owner  may, by  and  with  the  consent  and  approval  of  the 
Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers,  pave  and  otherwise  improve 
the  sidewalk  in  front  of  his  property,  if  the  sidewalk  has  not 
already  been  ordered  paved  by  Council  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided, the  work  to  be  done  at  the  expense  of  and  by  the  owner 
of  the  property,  but  in  accordance  with  plans  and  specifications, 
lines  and  grades  furnished  and  set  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  and  under  his  direction  and  supervision. 

SEC.  579. — Paving  Assessments  and  Curbing  Due.  When. 
Interest  on. — All  assessments  against  real  estate,  for  street  im- 
provements, whether  it  be  street  paving  or  sidewalks  paving, 
shall  be  due  and  payable  immediately  on  completion  of  the 
said  street  improvement  immediately  in  front  of  said  abutting 
real  estate  and  if  not  paid  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  the 
following  month  execution  shall  issue  therefor,  and  said  execu- 
tion shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  seven  per  cent,  per  annum 
until  paid. 


CHAPTER  5 9. 


COLUMBUS,  CITY  OF— INVESTED  WITH  TITLE  TO  LAND. 

SECTION  580.— (Acts  of  1910,  Pages  479,  480,  481.)  Eleventh 
Street. — An  Act  to  vest  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia, 
title  to  certain  land  now  used  for  streets,  and  known  as  all 
that  part  of  Eleventh  Street,  (formerly  Mercer  Street),  and  extend- 
ing to  Seventh  Avenue,  and  all  that  part  of  Seventh  Avenue  lying 
north  of  the  intersection  of  said  avenue  with  the  street  leading 
to  the  culvert  under  the  Central  of  Georgia  Railway  tracks,  with 
power  in  said  city  to  close  said  land  for  use  as  public  streets  and 
to  sell  and  convey  the  same,  or  exchange,  for  either  land  to  be 
used  for  street  extension,  and  for  other  purposes. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Georgia , and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  authority  of  the  same , 
That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  title  now  vested 


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in  the  State,  shall  vest  absolutely  in  fee  simple  and  without  any 
limitations  or  conditions,  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  in  this  State, 
to  the  following  described  land  in  said  city  now  used  for  street 
purposes,  to-wit:  All  that  tract  and  parcel  of  land  known  as 

part  of  Eleventh  Street,  (formerly  St.  Clair  Street),  lying  east 
of  Sixth  Avenue,  (formerly  Mercer  Street),  and  extending  to 
Seventh  Avenue,  and  all  that  part  of  Seventh  Avenue  lying  north 
of  the  intersection  of  said  avenue  with  the  street  leading  to  the 
culvert  under  the  track  of  the  Central  of  Georgia  Railway  Com- 
pany, with  power  in  said  city  to  close  said  land,  or  any  part  there- 
of for  use  as  a public  street  and  to  sell  and  convey  the  same,  or 
any  part  thereof,  or  to  exchange  said  land,  or  any  part  thereof,  for 
other  land  to  be  used  for  street  extension  or  extensions,  and  in 
such  sale  or  exchange  to  convey  to  the  purchaser  good  and  suffi- 
cient title  in  fee  simple  thereto,  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  or  sales, 
or  any  surplus  in  cash,  if  any,  in  case  of  exchange  of  said  land,  to 
be  covered  into  the  Treasury  of  said  city,  and  to  be  used  and  ex- 
pended in  such  manner  as  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
said  city  may  determine.  Provided,  however,  that  no  part  of 
Eleventh  Street  east  of  Sixth  Avenue,  fronting  the  property  of 
the  First  African  Baptist  Church,  Columbus,  Georgia,  shall  be 
closed  by  the  city  without  consent  of  said  church,  unless  said 
church  and  the  city  agreed  upon  proper  compensation  for 
damages  to  said  church  for  closing  said  part  of  said  street. 

2.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid.  That  all 
laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same 
are,  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  August  3,  1910. 

ACTS  OF  LEGISLATURE  RELATING  TO  STREETS. 

SECTION  581. — Columbus,  Dedication  of  Street  to  Churches. 
(Acts  of  1907,  Page  722.) — An  Act  to  ratify  and  confirm  the  closing 
to  travel  of  the  street  between  the  lots  of  the  First  Baptist  and 
St.  Luke  Methodist  Episcopal  Churches,  the  same  extending  from 
Second  Avenue  to  Third  Avenue,  in  Columbus,  Georgia,  and  to 
dedicate  to  said  churches  the  land  formerly  used  as  said  street. 


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1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Georgia,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  authority  of  the  same, 
That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  action  of  the 
Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  in  closing 
to  travel  the  street  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  extending 
between  Second  and  Third  Avenues  and  between  the  lots  of  the 
First  Baptist  and  of  the  St.  Luke  Methodist  Churches,  be,  and  it 
is  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed. 

2.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That 
whereas  the  title  to  the  land  in  the  streets  in  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus is  vested  in  the  State  of  Georgia,  that  from  and  after  the 
passage  of  this  Act,  the  title  to  the  land  heretofore  dedicated  to 
and  used  as  a street  between  the  lots  of  the  First  Baptist  and 
St.  Luke  Methodist  Episcopal  Churches,  in  the  City  of  Columbus, 
is  hereby  given  and  dedicated  to  said  churches,  the  north  half 
of  said  street  to  the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  the  south  half 
to  the  St.  Luke  Methodist  Church,  South,  thereby  adding  to 
the  lots  dedicated  to  said  churches  when  the  City  of  Columbus 
was  laid  out  by  the  State  of  Georgia. 

3.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  all 
laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  August  9,  1907. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 


PUBLIC  INSTITUTIONS— PUBLIC  PROPERTY. 
CEMETERIES. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 


CHAPTER  6 0. 


CEMETERY  REGULATIONS. 

SECTION  582. — Burials. — No  body  shall  be  buried  in  any  of 
the  streets  or  lanes,  nor  in  any  lots  in  any  cemetery  belonging 
to  private  persons,  without  the  consent  of  the  owners  thereof. 

SEC.  583. — Sale  of  Lots. — The  selling  of  lots  in  the  cemeteries 
shall  be  done  by  the  Clerk  of  Council,  who  shall  make  out  and 
deliver  to  the  purchaser  upon  receipt  of  the  purchase  money,  a 
deed  to  the  same,  which  deed  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and 
said  Clerk,  upon  behalf  of  the  Mayor  and  Council. 

SEC.  584. — Vehicles  in  Cemeteries.  Regulations. — No  carriage 
or  other  vehicle  shall  be  allowed  to  enter  the  cemeteries  unless 
at  a funeral,  when  the  sexton  may  permit  such  vehicles  as  con- 
tain the  family  of  the  deceased  person  to  enter  with  the  hearse, 
and  no  others  and  also  such  wagons,  carts,  etc.,  as  may  be  em- 
ployed in  carrying  building  materials  or  other  necessary  articles 
within  the  same. 

SEC.  585. — Injuring  Trees,  Flowers  or  Monuments.  Penalty. — 
Any  person  who  shall  willfully  mutilate  or  in  any  manner  deface 
any  monument,  fence  or  other  enclosure  or  who  shall  break 
down,  injure  or  destroy  any  wild  or  cultivated  flower,  or  any 
trees,  shrubs  or  plants  in  the  cemetery,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
fined  not  exceeding  $25.00,  or  suffer  other  punishment  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Sexton  to  inform  persons  visiting  the  grounds  of  this  Section. 

SEC.  586. — Rubbish  to  be  Removed  From. — All  piles  of  earth, 
brick,  mortar  beds,  rubbish  or  building  materials  of  any  kind 
shall  be  removed  by  the  party  placing  the  same  in  the  cemetery 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  the  completion  of  any 


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work  which  may  be  done  in  the  cemetery.  Persons  offending 
against  this  Section  shall  be  fined  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  587. — Pauper  Burials. — All  persons,  white  or  colored,  for 
whom  coffins  are  furnished  or  who  are  buried  at  the  expense  of 
the  city,  shall  be  buried  in  lots  in  the  cemetery  known  as 
“Pauper  burial  ground.”  The  Sexton  allowing  the  burial  of 
paupers  elsewhere  than  said  grounds,  shall  be  held  responsible 
for  any  and  all  expense  to  the  city  for  furnishing  coffins,  buHal, 
etc.,  and  the  Sexton  shall  bury  no  one  as  a pauper  unless  upon 
certificate  of  the  City  Physician  or  Marshal  certifying  that  the 
person  to  be  buried  is  a pauper. 

SEC.  588. — Rewards. — The  Mayor  is  hereby  authorized  to  offer 
a reward  of  $20.00  for  the  conviction  of  any  persons  guilty  of 
committing  depredations  in  the  cemetery  and  that  one-half  of 
the  fine  collected  be  paid  to  the  informer. 

SEC.  589. — Children  Unattended  Forbidden  in  Cemeteries. — 
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  children  under  the  age  of  twelve  years 
to  enter  into  or  upon  the  grounds  of  any  cemetery  of  said  city 
unless  such  child  or  children  be  accompanied  by  some  older 
person  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Sextons  of  the 
cemeteries  to  see  that  this  Section  is  enforced. 

SEC.  590. — Dogs  Forbidden  in  Cemeteries. — No  dog  shall  be 
allowed  to  enter  the  cemetery  enclosure,  and  any  person  or  per- 
sons allowing  their  dogs  to  enter  the  cemetery  shall  be  fined 
in  a sum  not  less  than  $5.00  nor  more  than  $25.00,  or  suffer  such 
other  punishment  as  the  Recorder  in  his  discretion  m^y  inflict; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Sexton  to  inform  persons  visiting 
the  grounds  of  this  Section  and  also  to  report  all  violations  of 
this  Ordinance. 

SEC.  591. — Certain  Streets  Closed. — South  Street  No.  2,  and 
South  Street  No.  3,  in  Linwood  cemetery  shall  be  closed  up  and 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall  proceed  at  once  to  sur- 
vey and  layoff  the  ground  heretofore  occupied  by  said  streets  into 
cemetery  lots;  and  the  Clerk  shall  proceed  to  offer  said  lots  for 
sale  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  adopted  by 
Council  hereafter.  This  Section  shall  not  go  into  effect  until  the 


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written  assent  shall  have  been  obtained  of  a majority  of  the 
lot  owners  in  Linwood  cemetery,  whose  lots  adjoin  the  streets 
proposed  to  be  closed. 

SEC.  592. — Fees  of  City  for  Digging  Graves. — The  city  shall 
receive  the  following  fees  for  digging  graves: 


For  digging  grave  and  interring  white  adult $5.00 

For  digging  grave  and  interring  colored  adult 5.00 

For  digging  grave  and  interring  white  child 3.00 

For  digging  grave  and  interring  colored  child 2.00 


SEC.  593. — Cemeteries.  Under  Supervision  of  Cemetery  Com- 
mittee.— The  supervision  of  all  the  streets  and  alleys  in  the 
cemetery  belonging  to  the  city  is  hereby  placed  under  the 
direction  and  control  of  the  Committee  on  Cemeteries  of  the  city 
with  full  power  and  authority  to  keep  and  maintain  the  same  in 
suitable  condition  for  travel  thereon  and  to  do  this,  said  Com- 
mittee shall  have  authority  to  call  on  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works  of  the  city  to  make  such  surveys,  establish  such  lines  and 
grades  as  they  may  direct. 

SEC.  594. — For  New  Fences  and  Enclosures. — No  new  fences, 
walls,  copings  or  other  enclosures  shall  be  placed  upon  or 
around  any  private  burial  lot  in  either  of  the  cemeteries  of  the 
city,  except  upon  plans  submitted  to  and  approved  by  said  Com- 
mittee, the  work  to  be  done  under  the  direction  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works  or  with  his  approval. 

SEC.  595. — Permits  for  Repairing  Houses  and  Enclosures. — 
In  repairing  any  fences,  walls  or  copings  now  in  use  the  work 
shall  be  done  as  directed  by  said  Committee  on  Cemeteries  and 
when  such  repairs  are  made  the  Committee  shall  have  authority 
to  change  the  location  of  the  walls,  copings  or  fencing  in  order 
to  make  them  correspond  with  the  lines  of  the  said  streets  and 
alleys  as  nearly  as  possible,  the  work  to  be  done  under  the 
direction  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  596. — Street  Work  to  be  Done  by  Street  Committee. 
When. — Upon  the  request  of  the  Committee  on  Cemeteries  and 
approved  by  Council  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Sewers  shall 
have  such  work  done  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the 
object  and  intent  of  the  foregoing  Sections. 


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CHAPTER  61. 


ROCK  QUARRY. 

SECTION  597. — Rules  Governing  Rock  Quarry. — The  Super- 
visor shall  have  general  authority  over  all  property  of  the  city 
at  the  quarry. 

The  Supervisor  shall  have  authority  over  all  employees  at 
quarry  and  over  all  parties  getting  out  stone,  under  contract  or 
otherwise. 

The  Supervisor  shall  employ  all  hands  at  quarry  and  may  dis- 
charge any  employee  for  cause,  but  he  shall  report  any  discharge 
in  writing  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  stating  cause 
for  discharges. 

He  shall  keep  a time-book  and  enter  up  time  made  by  every 
hand  each  day  and  weekly;  time-book  to  be  subject  to  inspection 
of  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works;  shall  report  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works 
at  the  end  of  every  week,  giving  the  number  of  hands  at  work 
each  day,  time  made  by  each  hand  daily  and  weekly,  wages 
made  and  approve  same  for  payment. 

The  work  hours  at  the  quarry  shall  be  such  as  shall  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Council  or  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  from 
time  to  time. 

No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  talk  to  any  of  the  employees 
without  the  consent  of  the  Supervisor  being  first  obtained. 
The  Supervisor  shall  keep  the  quarry  grounds  posted,  and  no 
person  shall  be  allowed  on  the  grounds  without  the  consent  of 
the  Supervisor  except  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  and 
Superintendent  of  Pubilc  Works  and  such  other  parties  as  may 
have  business  at  the  quarry. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Supervisor  to  report  in  writing 
to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  the  number  of  loaded 
cars  leaving  the  quarry  every  week,  giving  the  number  of  the 
car,  character  of  contents,  to  whom  consigned,  and  date  of 
shipment  from  quarry,  and  he  shall  keep  a record  of  all  such 
cars  in  a book  provided  for  such  purpose. 


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It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Supervisor  to  report  promptly  in 
writing  to  the  Mayor  any  accidents  to  any  person  or  persons 
at  the  quarry,  giving  the  name  of  the  person  or  persons  injured, 
cause  of  accident,  nature  of  wounds  to  best  of  his  ability,  names 
of  all  witnesses  present  at  the  time  of  the  accident  and  he  shall 
take  down  in  writing  as  fully  as  possible  testimony  of  witnesses 
and  forward  to  the  Mayor. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Supervisor  to  report  promptly  in 
writing  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  any  accident  to 
any  part  of  the  machinery  or  buildings  at  the  quarry,  giving  as 
clear  and  full  report  as  possible. 

The  Supervisor  shall  make  a requisition  on  the  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works  at  the  end  of  every  week  for  all  materials 
needed  and  he  shall  keep  a record  of  the  same  in  a book  to  be 
provided  for  such  purpose. 

The  Supervisor  shall  keep  an  inventory  of  all  tools  and  mate- 
rials on  hand  and  see  that  they  are  properly  taken  care  of. 

The  City  Council  may  at  any  time  suspend  work  at  the  quarry 
for  any  length  of  time  at  their  discretion. 


CHAPTER  62. 


PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

SECTION  598. — Accepting  a Donation  from  Andrew  Carnegie 
of  $30,000  for  the  Building  of  a Public  Library,  and  Providing  for 
the  Building  of  a Public  Library,  and  Providing  for  its  Support. 

— Whereas,  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  Georgia,  did  by  the  Ordinance  adopted  July  2,  1902, 
accept  the  offer  of  Andrew  Carnegie  to  donate  the  sum  of  $25,000 
for  the  erection  of  a public  library  in  said  city;  provided,  that 
the  city  pledge  itself  to^  support  said  library  at  a cost  of  not 
less  than  $2,500  a year;  and, 

Whereas,  the  Commissioner  of  Commons  of  said  city  did,  on 
February  10,  1906,  set  apart  Mott’s  Green  as  a site  for  said  library 
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Whereas,  it  is  desirable  to  erect  a building  at  a cost  of  $30,000 
instead  of  $25,000,  and  Mr.  Carnegie  has  signified  his  willingness 
to  donate  said  sum  of  $30,000;  provided,  the  city  will  pledge 
itself  to  provide  the  sum  of  $3,000  annually  for  the  support  of  the 
library;  and. 

Therefore,  The  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  have  accepted,  and  do  hereby  accept  the  donation  of 
$30,000  for  the  erection  of  a public  library  and  has  pledged  and 
does  hereby  pledge  itself  to  raise  by  taxation  the  sum  of  $3,000 
annually  to  the  support  of  said  library. 


CHAPTER  6 3. 


PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 

SECTION  599. — Board  of  Trustees. — Whereas,  by  the  Ordi- 
nance of  Council  organizing  the  Public  School  Board  of  Control, 
which  was  afterwards  changed  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Public  Schools  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  it  was  provided  that  said 
Board  should  consist  of  nine  citizens,  and  should  hold  their  office 
for  three  years,  and  it  should  be  so  managed  that  only  three 
vacancies  shall  occur  each  year,  and  by  Ordinance  passed  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1867,  the  number  of  said  Board  was  increased  to 
eleven;  and, 

Whereas,  it  is  impracticable  to  manage  for  only  three  vacan- 
cies to  occur  in  each  year; 

Be  it  resolved,  That  it  shall  be  so  managed  that  four  vacancies 
shall  occur  for  two  years,  and  three  vacancies  shall  occur  every 
third  year. 

SEC.  600. — Board  of  Trustees  Report  to  Council. — The  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  Public  Schools  shall  lay  before  the  City  Coun- 
cil annually,  at  its  meeting  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  August,  a 
report  showing  the  condition  of  the  public  schools  during  the 
past  year,  with  summaries  of  statistics  as  nearly  as  may  be,  in 
tabulated  form,  giving  all  information,  numerical,  financial  and 
historical,  of  interest  to  the  public;  also  estimates  of  the  amount 


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required  for  the  support  of  the  ensuing  year,  showing  in  detail 
as  many  as  may  be,  the  items  for  which  the  amount  is  to  be 
expended;  the  report  not  to  exceed  when  printed,  two  columns 
in  the  city  papers.  The  annual  report  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
public  schools  shall  be  published  in  the  city  papers.  (See  also 
new  Charter.) 

SEC.  601. — Appropriations  by  Council  for  Schools. — The  City 
Council  will  make  appropriations  for  the  public  schools  at  their 
meeting  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  August  of  each  year,  or  at  such 
time  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  public  schools  shall  lay 
their  report  before  them. 

SEC.  602. — Vacancies  in  Board. — Be  it  ordained,  that  the 
Trustees  of  the  public  schools  of  Columbus  be,  and  are  hereby, 
authorized  to  declare  vacancies  in  said  Board  on  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  members  of  the  Board,  for  non-attendance  or  other 
good  and  sufficient  reason. 


ARTICLE  IX 


PRIVATE  PROPERTY— PUBLIC  REGULATION. 


ARTICLE  IX. 


CHAPTER  6 4. 


FRANCHISE— AUTOMATIC  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

SECTION  603. — Authorizing  the  Columbus  Automatic  Tele- 
phone Company,  John  T.  Norman,  George  B.  Young,  its  Succes- 
sors, and  Assigns  to  Use  the  Public  Streets  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  Georgia,  for  the  Purpose  of  Placing  Poles  and  Elec- 
trical Conductors  Under  the  Same. — 

(a.)  Permission  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Columbus  Automatic 
Telephone  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns  to  erect,  operate 
and  maintain  lines  of  telephone,  including  the  necessary  poles, 
fixtures  and  electrical  conductors  upon,  along  and  over,  and  sub- 
ways for  electrical  conductors  under  the  public  roads,  streets  and 
highways  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  as  its  business  may 
from  time  to  time  require;  provided,  that  all  poles  shall  be  neat, 
symmetrical  and  painted  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of 
the  laws  of  this  Code  relating  to  poles  and  that  no  electrical 
conductors  shall  be  placed  less  than  twenty  feet  above  the 
surface  of  the  ground. 

(b.)  The  work  of  erecting  and  locating  poles  and  constructing 
subways  and  all  other  work  done  in  the  streets  by  virtue  of  this 
Section  shall  be  done  under  the  supervision  and  approval  of 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  which  approval  must  first 
be  obtained  before  the  commencement  of  any  work,  and  the 
said  Columbus  Automatic  Telephone  Company  shall  replace  and 
properly  relay  any  sidewalk  or  street  that  may  be  displaced  by 
reason  of  the  erection  or  construction  of  such  poles  or  subways 
as  directed  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  and  upon 
the  failure  of  the  Company  after  notice  shall  have  been  given  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  to  said  Company  to  begin 
such  repairs  at  once  and  continue  the  work  with  diligence  until 
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completed  satisfactory  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works, 
the  city  may  make  such  repairs  and  collect  the  cost  of  the  same 
from  said  Company. 

(c.)  Said  Company  shall  provide  one  cross-arm  on  each  pole 
and  space  not  to  exceed  one  duct  in  the  subways  constructed  by 
virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  for  the  free  use  of  the 
police  and  fire  alarm  systems  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  when  so 
requested  by  the  Mayor. 

(d.)  Said  Company  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to  the  laws 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  now  in  existence  or  which  may  here- 
after be  passed,  relative  to  the  use  of  the  public  streets  by  tele- 
phone and  telegraph  companies,  and  to  any  and  all  other  laws 
relative  to  the  use  of  the  streets  or  otherwise  when  applicable. 

(e.)  Said  Company  shall  indemnify  the  City  of  Columbus 
against  and  assume  all  liabilities  for  damages  which  may  arise  or 
accrue  to  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  or  to  any  person 
holding  the  city  liable  from  any  injury  to  persons  or  property 
from  the  doing  of  any  work  or  growing  out  of  any  work  done, 
authorized  or  the  neglect  of  said  Company  or  any  of  its  em- 
ployees to  comply  with  any  law  relative  to  the  use  of  the 
streets  of  said  city  and  the  operation  of  the  Company  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be  an  agreement  by  it  to 
pay  to  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  any  sum  of  money  for 
which  the  city  may  become  liable  from  or  by  reason  of  such 
injury. 

(f.)  Any  combination  with  or  sale  to  any  other  competing  or 
organized  telephone  company  doing  business  in  the  City  of 
Columbus,  within  the  period  of  five  years  from  the  date  of 
July  3,  1902,  shall  operate  as  a forfeiture  of  all  rights  and 
privileges  herein  and  hereby  granted  to  this  Company. 

(g.)  This  Section  is  to  be  construed  as  a permit  or  franchise 
and  not  as  a contract  between  the  Columbus  Automatic  Tele- 
phone Company  and  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia. 

(h.)  The  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be  in  force  from  and 
after  the  date  of  July  3,  1902,  and  the  preliminary  work  and 
actual  construction  of  said  telephone  system  shall  be  commenced 
by  said  Company  at  a period  not  later  than  the  first  day  of  April, 


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1903,  and  pushed  to  completion  on  or  before  October  1,  1903. 
Otherwise  the  privileges  and  franchise  herein  granted  to  said 
Company  shall  be  revoked  and  annulled  and  this  Section  shall  be 
of  no  force  and  effect  but  void  for  all  intents  and  purposes. 

SOUTHERN  BELL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

SECTION  604. — Franchise. — It  is  ordained  by  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Columbus  that  permission  be, 
and  the  same  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Southern  Bell  Telephone 
and  Telegraph  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns  to  erect, 
operate  and  maintain  lines  of  telephone  and  telegraph,  including 
the  necessary  poles,  fixtures  and  electrical  conductors  upon, 
along  and  over  and  subways  for  electrical  conductors  under  the 
public  roads,  streets  and  highways  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  as 
its  business  may  from  time  to  time  require;  provided,  that  all 
poles  shall  be  neat,  symmetrical  and  painted  in  conformity  with 
the  present  city  laws  or  any  subsequent  city  laws  relating  to  poles 
and  that  no  electrical  conductor  shall  be  placed  less  than  twenty 
feet  above  the  surface  of  the  ground. 

SEC.  605. — That  the  work  of  erecting  and  locating  poles,  and 
constructing  subways  and  all  other  work  done  in  the  streets  by 
virtue  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  done  under  the  supervision  and 
approval  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  which  approval 
must  first  be  obtained  before  the  commencement  of  any  work, 
and  the  said  Southern  Bell  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company 
shall  replace  and  properly  relay  any  sidewalk  or  street  that 
may  be  displaced  by  reason  of  the  erection  or  construction  of 
such  poles  or  subways  as  directed  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works,  and  upon  failure  of  the  company  after  notice 
shall  have  been  given  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works 
to  said  company  to  begin  such  repairs  at  once  and  continue  the 
work  with  diligence  until  completed  satisfactory  to  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works,  the  city  may  make  such  repairs  and 
collect  the  cost  of  the  same  from  the  company. 

SEC.  606. — Said  company  shall  provide  one  cross-arm  on  each 
pole,  and  space  not  to  exceed  one  duct  in  the  subways  con- 
structed by  virtue  of  this  Ordinance,  for  the  free  use  of  the 


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police  and  fire  alarm  telegraph  system  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
when  so  required  by  the  Mayor. 

SEC.  607. — Said  company  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to  the 
city  Ordinances  now  in  existence  or  which  may  hereafter  be 
passed  relative  to  the  use  of  the  public  streets  by  telephone  and 
telegraph  companies  and  to  any  and  all  other  Ordinances  relative 
to  the  use  of  the  streets  or  otherwise  when  applicable. 

SEC.  608. — Said  company  shall  indemnify  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus, Georgia,  against  and  assume  all  liabilities  for  damages  which 
may  arise  or  accrue  to  the  City  of  Columbus  or  to  any  person 
holding  the  city  liable  from  any  injury  to  persons  or  property 
from  the  doing  of  any  work  or  growing  out  of  any  work  done 
herein  authorized  hr  the  neglect  of  said  Company  or  any  of  its 
employees  to  comply  with  any  Ordinance  relative  to  the  use  of 
the  streets  of  said  city,  and  the  operation  of  the  company  under 
this  Ordinance  shall  be  an  agreement  by  it  to  pay  to  the  City  of 
Columbus  any  sum  of  money  for  which  the  city  may  become 
liable  from  or  by  reason  of  such  injury. 

SEC.  609. — This  Ordinance  is  to  be  construed  as  a permit  or 
franchise  and  not  as  a contract  between  the  Southern  Bell 
Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  and  the  City  of  Columbus. 

SEC.  610. — This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after 
the  date  of  its  passage. 

Adopted  in  Council  October  4,  1899.  Approved  October  5,  1899. 


CHAPTER  65. 


RAILROAD  COMPANIES. 

SECTION  611. — The  various  railroad  companies  now  entering 
at  Columbus  shall  be  allowed,  and  are  hereby  empowered,  to  con- 
struct and  maintain  a single  railroad  bed  and  one  track  (except 
when  the  gauge  differs,  then  two  tracks  may  be  laid  upon  one 
and  the  same  bed)  upon  First  Avenue  or  Second  Avenue  and  also 
either  Twelfth,  Eleventh  or  Tenth  Streets;  provided , that  no 
track  is  allowed  upon  more  than  one  street  running  north  and 


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south,  nor  upon  more  than  one  street  running  east  and  west;  and, 
provided,  further,  that  the  streets  to  be  used  under  this  privilege 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  selection  made  by  the  company  which  may 
first  avail  itself  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted. 

SEC.  612. — The  said  railroad  track  or  tracks  shall  not  interfere 
with  the  proper  drainage  or  free  use  of  the  streets,  nor  extend 
west  of  First  Avenue;  and  at  this  terminus  or  intersection  a pas- 
senger station,  similar  to  that  used  on  Broad  Street  by  the  Mobile 
and  Girard  Railroad  may  be  constructed  and  maintained  upon  the 
following  conditions:  First,  trains  passing  through  the  city 

shall  not  move  at  a greater  speed  than  four  miles  per  hour; 
the  passenger  station  herein  allowed  shall  be  so  constructed  as 
to  allow  ample  room  for  the  passage  of  all  vehicles,  it  being  stip- 
ulated and  required  that  for  any  violation  of  this  contract  the 
railroad  company  offending  shall  forfeit  all  privileges  herein 
granted,  at  the  will  and  pleasure  of  the  Council. 

SEC.  613. — Whereas,  under  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the 
Act  of  the  Legislature  entitled  an  Act  to  authorize  the  con- 
nection of  the  Muscogee  Railroad  with  the  Opelika  Branch  Rail- 
road and  the  Mobile  and  Girard  Railroad  at  Columbus,  assented 
to  December  21,  1857,  the  question  as  to  whether  a connection 
should  be  made  by  said  railroad  was  submitted  to  a vote  of  the 
people  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  in  such  election  in  a single 
line  along  Ninth  Street;  and, 

Whereas,  a side  track  has  been  laid  in  Ninth  Street  by  the 
Mobile  and  Girard  Railroad  and  other  side  tracks  have  been  laid 
by  said  railroads  or  their  legal  successors  in  what  was  originally 
the  common  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  no  consent  of  the 
people  of  the  City  of  Columbus  was  given  for  the  laying  down 
and  using  any  side  tracks,  including  the  loading  and  unloading 
cars  in  the  streets,  in  any  of  the  streets  or  commons  of  said  city; 
wherefore, 

’ SEC.  614. — An  election  shall  be  held  at  the  court  house  in 
the  City  of  Columbus,  on  the  28th  day  of  April,  1887,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  obtaining  the  consent  of  the  people  of  Columbus  to  the 
laying  down  and  using  of  such  side  tracks,  including  the  loading 
and  unloading  of  cars  in  the  same,  as  may  have  been  already 


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laid  down  in  Ninth  Street  and  elsewhere  for  the  delivery  of 
freight  to  the  citizens  or  persons  doing  business  on  said  Ninth 
Street  or  any  other  street,  or  in  any  part  of  said  commons;  and 
also  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  the  consent  of  the  people  of 
Columbus  that  other  side  tracks  may  be  so  laid  down  by  said 
railroads  or  their  successors  owning  and  operating  said  railroads 
in  any  of  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus  for  the  delivery  of 
freight  to  the  citizens  or  persons  doing  business  on  any  such 
streets,  including  the  right  to  load  and  unload  in  any  such 
streets;  that  at  said  election  all  the  people  of  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus entitled  by  law  to  vote  may  vote;  and  those  who  consent  to 
the  laying  down  and  use  of  such  tracks,  including  the  right  of 
loading  and  unloading  cars  in  the  streets  as  are  already  laid 
down,  and  also  consent  that  other  such  tracks  may  be  so 
laid  down  and  used  in  Ninth  Street  and  in  other  streets  of  the 
city  and  upon  the  commons  of  the  city,  upon  such  terms  and 
conditions  and  in  such  manner  and  at  such  times  as  the  Mayor 
and  Council  may  agree  upon,  may  manifest  their  consent  by 
voting  “For  side  tracks,  with  the  privilege  of  loading  and 
unloading  cars  in  the  street;”  and  those  who  do  not  consent 
shall  manifest  their  opposition  by  voting  “Against  sidetracks.” 

That  if  at  such  election,  a majority  of  the  votes  cast  shall  be 
in  favor  of  side  tracks,  then  the  people  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
shall  be  held  to  have  given  their  consent  to  the  laying  down  and 
use  of  the  side  tracks  already  so  laid  down,  including  the 
privilege  of  loading  and  unloading  cars  in  the  street,  and  to 
authorize  the  Mayor  and  Council  to  permit  other  such  side 
tracks  to  be  laid  down  and  used  upon  such  terms  and  in  such 
manner  and  at  such  times  as  the  Mayor  and  Council  shall  agree 
upon  and  prescribe. 

SEC.  615. — Whereas , the  Board  of  Trade  of  Columbus  have 
petitioned  the  Mayor  and  Council  to  relieve  the  railroads  enter- 
ing Columbus  and  who  have  received  gifts  of  land  from  the  com- 
mons Commissioners  to  be  used  for  railroad  purposes  only,  from 
said  conditions,  so  that  said  railroads  can  sell  or  lease  any  part 
or  fraction  of  any  of  said  land  to  any  individual  or  corpora- 
tion; and. 


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Whereas,  there  is  need  for  building  lots  with  railroad  fronts 
for  manufacturing  purposes  and  for  mercantile  business;  and, 
Whereas,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  and  Council  to  encourage 
and  foster  the  material  prosperity  of  the  city  and  promote  the 
rapid  growth  that  is  now  upon  the  city;  therefore, 

SEC.  616. — Be  it  ordained.  That  the  Columbus  and  Rome  Rail- 
road Company,  the  Western  Railway  of  Alabama,  the  Central 
Railroad  and  Banking  Company  of  Georgia,  the  Mobile  and 
Girard  Railroad  Company,  the  Georgia  Midland  and  Gulf  Rail- 
road Company  and  the  Columbus  Southern  Railroad  Com- 
pany, all  or  either  of  them  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  sell  or  lease  any  portion  or  fraction  of  any  land  dedicated  to 
any  of  said  railroads  by  the  commons  Commissioners  for  rail- 
road purposes  only;  the  said  Mayor  and  Council  hereby  relieving 
any  portion  or  fraction  of  land  sold  or  leased  from  forfeiture. 

Resolved,  That  said  railroads  or  either  of  them,  will  and  shall, 
pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Columbus  one-half  of  the 
purchase  money  received  for  the  land  sold  upon  the  sale  of  the 
same,  and  one-half  of  each  year’s  rental  for  the  rent  or  lease  of 
any  of  said  land  during  the  entire  period  of  said  rental  or  lease. 


CHAPTER  6 6. 


COLUMBUS  RAILROAD  COMPANY.— ORDINANCE  OF 
AUGUST  3,  1887. 

SECTION  617. — Columbus  Railroad  Company.  Powers. — Be  it 
ordained.  That  the  Columbus  Railroad  Company  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby  allowed  to  propel  its  cars  on  any  of  its  lines 
now  built  or  hereafter  to  be  constructed,  by  steam  engines; 
that  said  cars  shall  not  be  propelled  through  the  streets  of 
said  city  at  a greater  rate  of  speed  than  six  miles  per  hour. 

SEC.  618. — Obstructing  Tracks  Forbidden. — That  it  shall  not  be 
lawful  for  any  individual  to  obstruct  the  track  of  said  company, 
in  person  or  with  any  vehicle,  by  walking  or  driving  up  or 
down  the  same,  but  nothing  in  this  Ordinance  shall  be  construed 


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to  prevent  any  person,  while  walking  or  driving  a vehicle  of 
any  description,  from  crossing  said  track  at  pleasure. 

SEC.  619. — Police  Powers,  Conductors  and  Mortormen. 
Arrests. — Be  it  ordained,  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this 
Ordinance,  the  conductors  and  drivers  of  the  Columbus  Railroad 
Company  are  hereby  given  full  power  and  authority  to  make 
arrests  of  any  persons  for  drunkenness,  disorderly  conduct,  or 
any  violation  of  any  city  Ordinance,  on  any  of  the  cars  of  said 
company;  and  for  these  purposes,  said  conductors  and  drivers 
are  hereby  made  a part  of  the  police  force  of  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus without  pay  from  said  city. 

Be  it  further  ordained , That  said  conductors  and  drivers  shall 
be  furnished  with  police  whistles  and  badges  by  the  Chief  of 
Police,  and  all  signals  given  by  them  shall  be  immediately 
responded  to  by  the  police  of  said  city.  Provided,  that  before 
said  powers  shall  be  exercised  by  said  drivers  or  conductors, 
their  names  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Mayor  and  approved  by 
him. 


CHAPTER  6 7. 


SALE  OF  MOBILE  AND  GIRARD  RAILROAD  STOCK. 

ORDINANCE  OF  JULY  1,  1885. 

SECTION  620. — Whereas,  The  bonded  debt  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  aggregating  about  one-half  million  dollars,  has  been 
created  by  municipal  subscription  to  the  capital  stock  of 
the  four  railroads  entering  the  city,  while  the  same  were  inde- 
pendent railroads;  and. 

Whereas,  Since  such  subscriptions  were  made,  each  and  all  of 
said  railroads  have  ceased  to  be  competing  lines  as  was  intended 
and  have  passed  under  the  control  of  the  Central  Railroad  and 
Banking  Company  of  Georgia,  and  all  are  being  run  and  operated 
by  that  system  as  continuous  lines;  and, 

Whereas,  From  such  causes  the  citizens  of  Columbus  are 
deprived  of  the  benefits  of  legitimate  competition  as  intended, 


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and  which  their  means  were  expected  to  secure,  and  in  con- 
sequence the  trade  of  the  city  has  been  restricted  and  the  value  of 
property  largely  depreciated;  and, 

Whereas , One  of  said  railroads,  to-wit:  the  Mobile  and 

Girard  Railroad  Company,  is  a corporation  existing  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Alabama,  and  has  never  been  completed  as 
intended,  and  in  consequence  of  the  subscription  made,  the  City 
of  Columbus  is  owner  of  a large  number  of  shares  of  the  capital 
of  said  railroad,  which  stock  has  no  fixed  market  value,  and 
has  been  held  by  the  city  for  twenty  years  without  any  dividend 
having  been  paid  thereon;  and, 

Whereas,  All  material  interests  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  its 
trade,  convenience  of  travel,  appreciation  of  the  property  of 
her  citizens,  would  be  greatly  advanced  and  promoted  by 
making  the  Mobile  and  Girard  Railroad  an  independent  and  com- 
peting line,  by  construction  of  a line  of  railroad  in  a northerly 
direction,  connecting  with  systems  other  than  the  Central  Rail- 
road and  Banking  Company; 

Therefore , For  the  purpose  of  realizing  to  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus the  value  of  said  stock,  and  for  the  additional  purpose,  so 
far  as  can  be  legally  done,  of  securing  legitimate  competition  in 
the  transportation  of  freight  and  passengers  to  and  from  the 
City  of  Columbus, 

SEC.  621. — Be  it  ordained,  That  all  the  shares  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  Mobile  and  Girard  Railroad  Company  owned  and 
held  by  the  City  of  Columbus,  in  its  corporate  capacity,  together 
with  all  and  every  interest  therein  and  connected  therewith, 
whether  direct  or  reversionary,  and  all  the  rights  and  benefits 
which  have  accrued  therefrom,  together  with  all  the  scrip 
issued  or  which  hereafter  shall  be  issued  on  same,  and  every 
interest,  value  and  property  therein,  and  resulting  therefrom, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  transferred,  assigned  and  made  over 
to  G.  Gunby  Jordan,  Isaac  Joseph  and  two  citizens  to  be  named 
by  the  Mayor  for  the  purpose  hereafter  mentioned;  and  his 
honor,  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  is  hereby  authorized 
and  instructed,  in  the  corporate  name  of  said  city,  to  transfer, 
assign  and  convey  to  said  persons,  in  their  own  name,  all  the 


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certificates  of  stock  and  property  owned  by  the  said  City  of 
Columbus  in  its  corporate  name  and  capacity  in  the  Mobile  and 
Girard  Railroad  Company,  and  to  sign  the  corporate  name  of  the 
city  to  such  acquittances,  receipts,  transfers,  releases,  on  the 
books  of  said  company,  and  elsewhere  as  may  be  necessary, 
customary  and  required  to  vest  in  said  persons  as  aforesaid,  in 
their  own  name,  the  full  and  complete  title  and  control  of  all  the 
shares  of  stock,  rights,  interests  and  property,  in  being  or  expect- 
ancy, which  said  city,  in  its  corporate  capacity,  may  have,  or 
be  entitled  to  have,  in  said  Mobile  and  Girard  Railroad  Company, 
and  as  may  be  necessary  to  fully  execute  and  carry  out  the  object 
of  this  action  of  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 
Said  transfer  shall  include  all  the  stock  and  property  in  said  Rail- 
road Company  which  rightfully  belongs  to  the  City  of  Columbus, 
in  the  corporate  capacity,  whether  now  held  in  the  name  of 
“The  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus,”  or  standing 
on  the  books  of  said  railroad  company  in  any  other  name. 

SEC.  622. — Be  it  further  ordained,  That  said  G.  Gunby  Jordan, 

Isaac  Joseph,  and are 

hereby  fully  authorized  and  empowered  to  sell  such  stock  and 
property  at  such  time  as  they  may  agree  on,  at  private  sale, 
and  for  such  consideration  as  they  may  deem  to  be  the  interest  of 
the  City  of  Columbus,  and  by  their  own  conveyance  or  transfer, 
made  in  their  own  name,  to  transfer  to  the  purchasers  thereof 
full  legal  title  thereto.  They  are  further  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  sell  all  of  said  stock  and  other  property  for  cash, 
bonds,  stock  or  other  thing  of  value,  as  to  them  may  seem  best; 
and  should  such  sale  be  made  for  a consideration  other  than 
cash,  to  take  title  thereof  in  their  own  name,  and  proceed  as 
soon  as  practicable  thereafter,  to  sell  and  dispose  of  such 
property,  bonds  and  stock,  or  other  articles  of  value  so  received 
as  consideration,  for  cash  or  private  sale,  and  the  cash  proceeds 
of  any  sale  made  by  them  shall  be  paid  by  them  to  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  city,  for  which  his  receipt  shall  be  voucher. 

SEC.  623. — In  all  sales  made  by  them  of  the  stock  and  property 
of  the  Mobile  and  Girard  Railroad  Company,  preference  shall  be 
given  to  such  purchasers  as  will  use  the  stock  and  property  so 
as  to  make  the  Mobile  and  Girard  Railroad  independent  of  and  a 


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competing  line  with  the  system  now  controlling  it.  They  are 
further  directed  and  instructed  in  making  the  sales  herein 
authorized  to  aid,  assist  and  encourage  the  construction  of  a 
line  of  railroad  northward  from  the  City  of  Columbus,  which 
will  connect,  within  this  state,  with  any  competing  system  of 
railroad;  provided,  only , that  such  action  on  their  part  shall  be 
restricted  to  such  acts  and  arrangements  as  are  legal  and  proper 
under  the  constitution  and  laws  of  this  state. 

SEC.  624. — And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  in  order  to  fully 
carry  out  the  instruction  of  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  said  persons  named  and  authorized  and  empowered 
to  bring  and  prosecute  in  their  own  name  for  the  use  of  the 
Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  all  suits  and  pro- 
cesses in  the  courts  of  law  and  equity  of  this  state,  as  may  be 
found  necessary  to  secure  control  and  manage  any  and  all  of 
such  stock  and  property  against  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
holding  the  same. 

SEC.  625. — And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  the  Mobile  and 
Girard  Railroad  Company  as  well  as  the  purchasers  of  said  stock 
and  property,  shall  in  no  manner  be  held  responsible  for  a 
proper  execution  of  the  duties  herein  imposed  on  the  said  G. 
Gunby  Jordan,  Isaac  Joseph,  and 

SEC.  626. — The  said  persons,  after  the  performance  of  the 
duties  assigned,  shall  in  writing,  make  to  the  Mayor  and  Council 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  a report  of  the  sale  made  by  them,  and 
shall  account  for  all  sums  of  money  that  may  come  into  their 
hands  as  proceeds  of  the  property  sold,  as  well  as  all  property 
which  may  remain  in  their  hands  unsold. 


CHAPTER  6 8. 


GAS  AND  WATER  COMPANIES. 

SECTION  627. — Cut-offs  of  Gas  and  Water  Pipes. — All  cut-offs 
of  gas  and  water,  also  water  meters  on  the  service  pipes  of 
said  gas  and  waterworks  hereafter  laid  or  put  down  in  the 


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City  of  Columbus  when  laid  on  the  streets  shall  be  placed  just 
within  the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk,  next  to  the  curbstone,  and 
all  such  cut-offs  and  meters  shall  be  properly  and  securely 
boxed  in  iron  boxes  in  such  a manner  as  may  be  approved  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  so  that  said  gas  or  water  as  the 
case  may  be,  may  be  cut  off  and  turned  on  to  the  customers  with- 
out having  to  dig  or  displace  the  street  or  sidewalk  or  paving 
thereon. 

That  all  gas  and  water  companies  doing  business  in  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  move  all  cut-offs  and  meters  within  the 
line  of  such  curbstone  and  grades  as  designated  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works,  and  shall  properly  and  securely  box  all 
their  cut-offs  and  meters  connecting  with  consumers  so  that  the 
supply  of  such  gas  or  water  may  be  cut  off  or  turned  on  without 
having  to  dig  on  any  street,  pavement,  macadam  or  sidewalk 
so  to  do.  Such  cut-offs  and  meters  to  be  put  down  under  the 
approval  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  and  all  to  be 
of  iron  or  metal  approved  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works. 


CHAPTER  6 9. 


NORTH  HIGHLANDS  RAILROAD  COMPANY. 

SECTION  628. — Ordinances  in  Reference  to. — To  authorize  the 
North  Highlands  Railroad  Company  in  addition  to  the  privileges 
and  right  of  way  heretofore  granted  it  over  the  streets  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  to  extend,  lay  out  and  construct  the  tracks  of 
the  said  railroad  company  over  certain  other  streets  of  said 
city  besides  those  now  occupied  by  it,  and  to  operate  and  propel 
its  cars  over  and  upon  the  same  by  animal  power,  steam,  elec- 
tricity, cable  or  other  motive  power,  and  other  purposes,  the 
North  Highlands  Railroad  Company  be,  and  it  is  hereby  empow- 
ered, in  addition  to  the  right  of  way  heretofore  granted  it,  to  ex- 
tend, lay  out  and  construct  the  tracks  of  its  said  railroad  from  the 
present  main  line  now  occupied  and  operated  by  it  on  Second 
Avenue  from  said  Second  Avenue  out  and  upon  Fifteenth  Street 


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to  Broad  Street,  down  Broad  Street  and  as  near  the  center  as 
may  be  to  Eighth  Street,  out  Eighth  Street  to  First  Avenue, 
down  First  Avenue  to  Fifth  Street,  out  Fifth  Street  to  Fifth 
Avenue,  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  Third  Street,  so  that  said  com- 
pany may  reach  the  Exposition  Grounds  and  the  new  Riverdale 
Cemetery  and  from  Fifth  Street  up  Fifth  Avenue  lo  the  line  of 
its  present  right  of  way  on  Eleventh  Street  and  from  its  main 
line  on  Second  Avenue,  out  Eighteenth  Street  to  Tenth  Avenue, 
up  Tenth  Avenue  to  Talbot  Avenue,  up  Talbot  Avenue  to  the 
city  limits,  with  the  right  to  operate  and  propel  its  cars  upon 
and  over  said  streets  and  avenues  by  animal,  steam,  electricity, 
cable  or  other  power,  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  this 
city. 

Said  railroad  company  shall  have  the  right,  and  the  consent  of 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  is  hereby  given  to  it,  to 
parallel  the  tracks  of  any  other  railroad  company  on  and  upon 
those  portions  of  the  streets  and  avenues  in  said  Second  Section 
of  this  Ordinance  designated  over  which  the  tracks  of  said  North 
Highlands  Railroad  Company  are  hereby  authorized  to  be  ex- 
tended. 

The  said  North  Highlands  Railroad  Company  be,  and  is  hereby 
authorized  to  construct  and  use  such  side  tracks,  turn-outs,  and 
other  appliances,  along  and  over  said  streets  as  may  be  neces- 
sary for  the  operation  of  its  said  railroad,  and  to  cross  the  tracks 
of  any  other  railroad  alone  and  over  its  said  route. 

Be  it  further  ordained,  That  the  North  Highlands  Railroad 
Company  be,  and  it  is  hereby  required,  to  commence  construction 
of  the  proposed  extension  of  its  tracks  within  six  months  from 
the  date  of  this  Ordinance,  and  that  they  be  required  to  complete 
the  same  within  twenty-four  months  from  this  date  on  all 
streets  on  which  the  right  to  build  is  asked  for,  and  that  each, 
every  and  all  tracks,  the  right  of  which  is  asked  of  this  Council 
to  construct  before  the  Broad  Street  parallel  is  allowed. 

Be  it  further  ordained,  That  the  said  North  Highlands  Rail- 
road Company  be  required  to  operate  schedules  on  each  and  all 
of  said  tracks  for  fourteen  hours  per  day. 


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Be  it  further  ordained,  That  unless  said  company  shall  com- 
mence work  within  six  months  from  the  date  of  this  Ordinance 
and  complete  the  same  within  twenty-four  months  from  the 
date  of  commencing  said  work,  that  the  rights  and  privileges 
granted  by  this  Ordinance  and  amendment  thereto  be  revoked. 
Adopted  July  6,  1893. 

SEC.  629. — To  authorize  the  North  Highlands  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  lay  down  and  construct  its  tracks  over  and  upon  certain 
streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus  and  to  operate  and  propel  its 
cars  over  and  upon  the  same,  by  animal  power,  steam,  elec- 
tricity, cable  or  other  motive  power  and  for  other  purposes.  The 
North  Highlands  Railroad  Company  be,  and  it  is  hereby  authoriz- 
ed and  empowered  to  lay  down  and  construct  a line  of  street  rail- 
road for  the  transportation  of  passengers  and  freight  along  and 
over  the  entire  length  of  Second  Avenue,  Sixth  Avenue,  Eleventh 
and  Sixteenth  Streets  in  said  city,  or  any  portions  thereof  and 
over  and  along  Third  Street,  to  and  into  the  Exposition  Grounds 
with  such  terminal  facilities  therein  as  may  be  necessary,  but 
the  tracks  of  said  railroad  company  not  to  extend  further 
within  the  Exposition  Grounds  than  the  race  track;  the  tracks  of 
said  railroad  to  be  laid  along  said  streets  under  the  direction  of 
the  Street  Committee.  Said  railroad  company  shall  have  the 
right,  and  the  consent  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  is 
hereby  given  to  it,  to  parallel  the  track  of  the  Columbus  Rail- 
road Company  on  the  same  street  on  Second  Avenue  where  the 
same  is  occupied  by  the  Columbus  Railroad  Company,  and  also 
to  parallel  the  track  of  the  Georgia  Midland  and  Gulf  Railroad 
Company  and  the  Columbus  Railroad  Company  on  the  same 
street  on  Sixth. Avenue  where  said  avenue  is  occupied  by  said 
railroads. 

Said  North  Highlands  Railroad  Company  shall  be,  and  is 
hereby  authorized  to  propel  its  cars  over  its  road  and  through 
and  over  said  streets  by  means  of  animal  power,  steam,  elec- 
tricity, cables  or  other  such  motive  power  as  said  company  may 
select,  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

Said  North  Highlands  Railroad  Company  shall  be,  and  is 
hereby  authorized  to  construct  and  use  such  side  tracks,  turn- 


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outs,  and  other  appliances  along  and  over  said  streets  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  operation  of  its  railroad  and  to  cross  the 
tracks  of  any  other  railroad  along  and  over  its  said  route. 
Inasmuch  as  the  Columbus  Railroad  Company  now  occupies  said 
Second  Avenue  for  a distance  of  over  2,400  feet,  and  has  hereto- 
fore decided  to  extend  its  tracks  on  Second  Avenue,  that  said  North 
Highlands  Railroad  Company  shall  accept  its  right  of  way  on 
Second  Avenue  subject  to  the  right  of  the  Columbus  Railroad 
Company  at  any  time  hereafter  to  extend  its  lines  northwardly 
on  Second  Avenue  to  an  intersection  with  its  tracks  on  Twelfth 
Street;  and  permission  is  hereby  granted  to  said  Columbus 
Railroad  Company  to  extend  its  lines  on  Second  Avenue  as  afore- 
said. The  new  track  laid  by  the  Columbus  Railroad  Company 
on  Second  Avenue  shall  be  laid  on  the  west  side  of  the  center 
of  said  Second  Avenue  and  the  tracks  of  said  North  Highlands 
Railroad  Company  shall  be  laid  on  the  east  side  of  the  center 
of  said  Second  Avenue;  and  each  track  shall  be  laid  a sufficient 
distance  from  the  center  of  said  avenue  to  prevent  any  inter- 
ference of  one  line  with  the  other  by  reason  of  poles,  wires 
or  other  necessary  appliances. 

Adopted  February  4,  1891. 

SEC.  630. — To  authorize  the  North  Highlands  Railroad  Com- 
pany, in  addition  to  the  privileges  and  rights  of  way  heretofore 
granted  it  over  the  said  streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  to 
extend,  lay  out  and  construct  the  tracks  of  the  said  railroad 
company  over  certain  other  streets  of  said  city  besides  those 
now  occupied  by  it,  and  to  operate  and  propel  its  cars  over  and 
upon  the  same,  by  animal  power,  steam,  electricity,  cable  or 
other  motive  power  and  for  other  purposes. 

The  North  Highlands  Railroad  Company  be,  and  is  hereby 
empowered  in  addition  to  the  right  of  way  heretofore  granted  it, 
to  extend,  lay  out  and  construct  the  tracks  of  its  said  railroad 
from  the  present  main  line  now  occupied  and  operated  by  it 
on  Second  Avenue  from  said  Second  Avenue  out  and  upon 
Fifteenth  Street  to  Broad  Street,  down  Broad  Street  to  First 
Avenue,  down  First  Avenue  to  Fifth  Street,  out  Fifth  Street  to 
Fourth  Avenue,  down  fourth  Avenue  to  Third  Street,  so  that  said 


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company  may  reach  the  Exposition  Grounds  and  the  new  River- 
dale  Cemetery.  And  from  its  main  line  on  Second  Avenue  out 
Eighteenth  Street  to  Tenth  Avenue,  up  Tenth  Avenue  to  Talbot 
Avenue,  up  Talbot  Avenue  to  the  city  limits,  with  the  right  to 
operate  and  propel  its  cars  upon  and  over  said  streets  and 
avenues  by  animal  power,  steam,  electricity,  cable  or  other 
power,  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

Said  railroad  company  shall  have  the  right,  and  the  consent 
of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  is  hereby  given  to  it,  to 
parallel  the  tracks  of  any  other  railroad  company  on  or  upon 
those  portions  of  the  streets  and  avenues  in  said  Section  2,  of  this 
Ordinance  designated,  over  which  the  tracks  of  the  said  North 
Highlands  Railroad  Company  are  hereby  authorized  to  be  ex- 
tended. 

The  said  North  Highlands  Railroad  Company  be,  and  is  here- 
by authorized  to  construct  and  use  such  side  tracks,  turn-outs, 
and  other  appliances  along  and  over  said  streets  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  operation  of  its  said  railroad,  and  to  cross  the 
tracks  of  any  other  railroad  along  and  over  its  said  route. 


ARTICLE  X 


MAYOR’S  OR  RECORDER’S  COURT— POLICE 

DISTRICT. 


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ARTICLE  X. 


CHAPTER  7 0. 


RECORDER’S  COURT. 

SECTION  631. — Recorder’s  Court.  Terms  and  Powers. — It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Recorder  of  said  city  to  hold  a court  to  be 
called  the  “Recorder’s  Court,”  at  such  time  and  place  within  said 
city  as  he  may  order  and  appoint  for  the  trial  of  all  offenders 
against  the  laws  and  Ordinances  of  said  city;  and  he  is  hereby 
fully  authorized  to  inflict  such  fines  and  penalties  upon  offenders 
as  he  may  deem  proper  and  just,  not  exceeding  the  limits 
allowed  by  law,  or  prescribed  by  Ordinances  of  Council,  and  to 
enforce  the  judgment  of  the  court  by  the  attachment  of  the 
person  by  execution;  and  to  punish  witnesses  for  non-attendance 
or  other  contempts  as  a court  of  record  may  do. 

SEC.  632. — Clerk  of  Recorder’s  Court. — The  Recorder  shall  be 
ex-officio  Clerk  of  said  Court,  and  shall  keep  a regular  docket 
upon  which  he  shall  enter  all  cases  brought  before  said  Court 
for  investigation  or  trial,  together  with  the  judgment  of  the 
Court  in  each  case,  and  the  amount  of  the  costs  and  fines,  or 
other  penalty  assessed;  and  he  shall  make  entry  thereon  when 
excution  for  costs  and  fines  shall  issue,  and  the  time  of  the 
delivery  of  the  same  to  the  Marshal.  The  Clerk  of  Council 
shall  sign  and  issue  all  processes,  summons,  attachments  and 
executions  which  shall  bear  test  in  the  name  of  said  Recorder. 

SEC.  633. — Recorder’s  Duties  as  Ex-officio  Clerk. — It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  Recorder  to  enter  upon  said  docket  the 
names  of  all  persons  confined  in  the  guard  house,  and  also  the 
nature  of  the  offense  for  which  such  person  was  confined; 
and  all  such  cases  shall  be  tried  by  said  Court  within  twenty- 
four  hours  after  confinement  in  said  guard  house.  Whenever 
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it  shall  be  his  duty  forthwith  to  issue  a summons  directed  to 
the  offender  stating  the  character  of  the  particular  part  of  the 
Ordinance  or  Section  charged  to  have  been  violated,  and  the 
date  of  the  alleged  violation,  and  the  time  and  place  of  holding 
said  Court  and  all  such  cases  shall  be  tried  within  three  days 
after  being  reported;  but  the  Recorder  may  continue  any  case 
in  said  Court  for  good  and  special  reasons,  to  such  time  or 
times  as  the  ends  of  justice  may  require.  Such  summons  shall 
be  served  personally  upon  the  defendant  by  the  Chief  of  Police 
or  any  policeman  of  said  city  and  whenever  it  appears  that  such 
service  has  been  made,  the  Court  may  proceed  to  investigate 
the  case  and  pass  judgment  whether  the  defendant  is  present  or 
absent  without  excuse. 

SEC.  634. — State  Offenses.  Defendant  Bound  Over. — If,  after 
an  investigation  of  any  case,  it  shall  appear  that  the  said  Court 
has  no  jurisdiction  to  determine  it,  the  Recorder  shall  require 
the  defendant  to  enter  into  bond,  conditioned  to  appear  before 
the  next  term  of  the  Court  having  jurisdiction, to  answer  for  such 
offense,  which  said  bond  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  proper 
officer  of  said  Court.  In  default  of  such  bonds  the  Recorder 
shall  have  power  to  commit  the  defendant  to  jail  to  answer 
the  charge  at  the  next  term  of  the  Court  having  jurisdiction 
thereof. 

SEC.  635. — Costs  in  Recorder’s  Court  be  Paid  into  the  City 
Treasury,  Etc. — Costs  arising  in  the  Recorder’s  Court  of  said 
city  shall  be  paid  into  the  City  Treasury  of  said  city,  and  the 
Clerk  and  Marshal  of  said  city  shall  receive  no  costs,  fees  or 
perquisites  whatever  for  cases  tried  or  reported  to  the  Record- 
er’s Court. 

SEC.  636. — Recorder’s  Court  May  Punish  for  Contempt. 
Penalty. — The  Recorder’s  Court  shall  have  power  to  issue  at- 
tachments and  inflict  summary  punishment  for  contempt  of 
court.  Said  power  shall  not  extend  to  any  case  except  the 
misbehavior  of  any  person  or  persons  in  the  presence  of  said 
Court,  or  so  near  thereto  as  to  obstruct  the  administration  of 
justice,  the  misbehavior  of  any  of  the  officers  of  said  Court  in 
their  official  transactions  and  the  disobedience  or  resistance  by 


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any  officer  of  said  Court,  party,  witness  or  other  person  or 
persons  to  any  lawful  writ,  process,  order,  rule  or  command  of 
said  Court. 

The  Recorder’s  Court  shall  have  power  to  punish  any  person 
or  persons  in  contempt  as  aforesaid  by  a fine  not  to  exceed 
$50.00,  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  five  days,  either  or 
both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

SEC.  637. — Bond  Forfeitures  Recorder’s  Court. — In  all  cases 
where  persons  charged  with  the  commission  or  violations  of 
the  laws  and  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  shall  give 
bond  for  their  appearance  before  the  Recorder’s  Court  of  said 
City  of  Columbus,  or  where  witnesses  summoned  to  appear 
before  said  Court  shall  give  bond  for  their  appearance,  and  it 
shall  become  necessary  to  forfeit  said  bonds  for  the  non-appear- 
ance of  such  persons;  that  the  mode  of  procedure  to  forfeit  such 
bonds  in  said  Recorder’s  Court,  shall  be  the  same  in  all  essentials 
as  is  now  provided  by  the  laws  of  Georgia  for  the  forfeiture  of 
bonds  in  criminal  cases  in  the  Superior  Court  of  said  State  of 
Georgia. 


CHAPTER  71. 


POLICE  DISTRICT. 

SECTION  638. — Establishing  Police  Jurisdiction  Over  Certain 
Territory  Outside  Corporate  Limits. — That  the  provisions  of  the 
Charter  of  the  City  of  Columbus  embraced  in  this  Code  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  in  full  force  and  effect  in  all  of  the  parks 
and  territory  immedialtely  adjacent  thereto  reached  by  the  lines 
of  the  Columbus  Railroad  Company  lying  within  the  State  of 
Georgia,  and  within  three  miles  of  a straight  line  from  any  point 
of  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  and  on  all  cars 
running  on  the  lines  of  the  Columbus  Railroad  Company  lying 
within  the  above  described  limits;  provided,  that  the  said  rail- 
road company  shall,  at  its  own  expense  and  without  cost  to  the 
city,  employ  suitable  park  policemen  to  be  approved  and  sworn 
in  by  the  Police  Commission;  said  policemen  to  be  under  the  con- 


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trol  and  direction  of  said  Commission;  provided,  however,  that 
the  City  of  Columbus  is  not  to  be  held  in  any  manner  responsible 
for  any  omission  or  neglect  of  any  duty  on  the  part  of  any  such 
park  policemen  or  other  policemen  nor  for  any  failure  to  furnish 
police  protection  to  any  given  person  or  persons  on  any  given 
occasion. 

Whenever  the  Police  Commission  shall  assent  thereto,  the 
conductors  or  mortorinen  of  the  Columbus  Railroad  Company 
may  be  sworn  in  as  members  of  the  police  force  of  the  City  of 
Columbus;  provided,  that  the  city  is  not  to  be  at  any  expense 
in  any  manner  connected  therewith;  and,  provided,  further, 
that  said  mortormen  and  conductors,  when  so  sworn  in  as  police- 
men, shall  be  under  the  control  and  direction  of  said  Police 
Commission  so  far  as  their  duties  as  policemen  are  con- 
cerned. 

Said  park  policemen,  motormen  or  conductors  may  call  on  any 
member  of  the  regular  police  force  of  the  City  of  Columbus  who 
may  be  present  at  any  of  the  said  parks  or  on  any  of  the  said 
cars  of  the  railroad  company,  to  assist  in  preserving  order  and 
enforcing  the  Ordinances  of  the  city. 


ARTICLE  XI 


THE  CRIMINAL  CODE. 


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ARTICLE  XI. 


CHAPTER  72. 


THE  PUBLIC  PEACE  AND  DISORDERLY  CONDUCT. 

SECTION  639. — Resisting  Officer  in  Performance  of  His  Duty. 
Penalty. — Any  person  who  shall  obstruct,  resist  or  oppose  the 
Mayor  or  Marshal  or  any  Alderman,  Policeman,  Wharfinger, 
Health  Officer,  or  other  officer  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia, 
in  the  performance  of  any  duty  required  of  such  officer  by  the 
laws  and  Ordinances  or  orders  of  said  city  or  the  authorities 
thereof,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  obstructing  an  officer  and  on 
conviction  thereof  by  the  Recorder’s  Court  shall  be  punished  by 
a fine  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisonment  or  confinement  at 
hard  labor  on  the  pubic  works  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  640. — Drunkenness  in  Public  Places.  Penalty. — Any  per- 
son who  shall  appear  in  or  upon  any  of  the  streets,  lanes,  alleys 
or  parks  of  the  city,  or  in  any  other  public  place  in  the  city  in 
an  intoxicated  condition,  shall,  upon  conviction  therefor,  be 
fined  not  more  than  $50.00,  or  imprisoned  or  confined  at  hard 
labor  on  the  public  works  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or 
both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  641. — Impersonating  Policeman  Forbidden.  Penalty. — 
Any  person  who  wrongfully  and  willfully  impersonates  any  of 
the  police  officers  of  the  City  of  Columbus  by  wearing  either  a 
regulation  uniform  or  badge  of  said  policeman  shall  upon  con- 
viction, be  guilty  of  disorderly  conduct  and  shall  be  punished  by 
fine  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisoned  or  confined  at  hard  labor 
on  the  public  works  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  642. — Imitating  Police  Whistle.  Penalty.  Adopting  the 
Echo  Whistle  for  Use  of  the  Police. — The  Echo  whistle  is  here- 
by selected  and  adopted  as  the  police  call  for  the  City  of  Colum- 


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bus,  to  be  used  exclusively  by  the  police  authorities  of  said  city, 
or  persons  authorized  by  them. 

It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  other  than  police  officers, 
or  persons  entrusted  therewith  by  the  police  authorities,  to  use 
or  blow,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  any 
Echo  or  police  whistle  of  the  kind  herein  adopted  and  used  by 
the  police  force  as  a police  call. 

Any  person  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  Section 
shall,  upon  conviction  before  the  Recorder,  be  punished  by  fine 
not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  by  confinement  not  exceeding  sixty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  643. — Imitating  Fire  Department  Gongs  Forbidden. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion, except  the  Fire  Department,  to  use  on  any  vehicle,  the  plain 
gong,  or  the  “New  Departure”  or  rotary  gong,  or  siren  or  any  like 
sounding  whistle,  now  used  by  the  Columbus  Fire  Department, 
or  any  gong  or  whistle  similar  thereto;  and  a violation  of  this 
Section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  in  the  Recorder’s  Court  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  of  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisonment  not 
longer  than  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  644. — False  Fire  Alarms  and  Tampering  with  Boxes. 
Penalty. — Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  maliciously  give  or 
cause  to  be  given  any  false  alarm  of  fire  by  telephone  or  messen- 
ger, or  by  turning  an  alarm  from  any  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph 
signal  boxes,  or  in  any  other  manner;  or  shall  break  or  cause  to 
be  broken,  or  shall  in  any  manner  injure,  cut  or  damage,  or  cause 
to  be  injured,  cut  or  damaged,  any  of  the  fire  alarm  signal  boxes, 
poles,  wires,  or  other  apparatus,  or  who  shall  in  any  manner 
interfere  with  the  same,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  the  working  of 
the  same,  or  any  part  thereof,  unless  by  the  consent  of,  or 
under  the  direction  of,  the  Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm,  shall, 
on  conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  fined  in  a sum  not 
exceeding  $100,  or  imprisoned  for  a term  not  exceeding  sixty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  645. — Disorderly  Conduct.  Penalty. — Each  and  every 
person  who  shall  revel,  commit  any  mischief,  quarrel,  fight,  or 


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otherwise  behave  in  a disorderly  manner  in  any  of  the  streets, 
lanes  or  alleys  in  this  city,  or  on  the  wharf  or  bridges,  or  in  the 
cemeteries  or  public  lands  in  said  city,  or  grounds  set  apart  for 
public  purposes,  or  in  any  other  place  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  city,  to  the  disturbance  or  annoyance  of  the  peaceful 
inhabitants  thereof,  or  any  portion  of  them,  or  shall  aid,  assist, 
encourage  or  promote  the  same  to  be  done  by  any  other  person 
or  persons,  shall  be  fined  or  suffer  such  other  punishment,  or 
both,  as  the  Recorder  shall,  in  his  discretion,  inflict. 

SEC.  646. — Obscene  Language  and  Indecent  Conduct.  Penalty. 
— Each  and  every  person  who  shall  use  any  indecent  or  obscene 
language  or  shall  be  guilty  of  any  indecent  conduct  in  any  of  the 
streets,  lanes  or  alleys  of  this  city  or  on  the  wharf  or  bridges,  or 
in  the  cemeteries,  or  grounds  set  apart  for  public  purposes,  or  in 
any  other  place  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city,  to  the 
annoyance  or  offense  of  the  inhabitants  thereof,  or  any  portion 
of  them,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  im- 
prisonment not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  647. — Disorderly  Houses.  Penalty. — Any  person  who 
shall  keep  or  maintain,  either  by  himself  or  herself  or  others, 
a common,  ill-governed  and  disorderly  house  to  the  encourage- 
ment of  idlesness,  gaming,  drinking  or  other  misbehavior  or  to 
the  common  disturbance  of  the  neighborhood,  or  orderly  citizens, 
such  person  so  offending  shall  on  conviction,  be  punished  by 
fine  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder.  And  any 
room  of  a house  shall  be  considered  a house  within  the  meaning 
of  this  Section. 

SEC.  648. — Obscene  Writings  and  Defacing  Property. 
Penalty. — Any  person  convicted  before  the  Recorder’s  Court  of 
marking  in  obscene  language,  cutting  or  otherwise  defacing,  any 
fence,  house  or  tree  in  the  city  limits,  shall  be  fined  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisoned 
for  sixty  days,  either  or  both.  Half  of  any  fine  collected  to  be 
paid  to  the  informer. 

SEC.  649. — Walking  or  Riding  with  Women  of  Ill-fame. 
Penalty. — Any  person  who  rides  or  walks  through  or  along  any 


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street  or  sidewalk,  or  other  public  place  (not  being  an  officer 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duty)  with  any  prostitute  or  woman  of  ill 
fame,  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  exceeding  .$50.00,  or 
imprisoned  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Recorder.  And  to  establish  the  character  of 
such  woman  it  shall  be  sufficient  to  show  that  she  resides  in  or 
is  in  the  habit  of  visiting  a bawdy  house  or  house  of  ill  fame. 

SEC.  650. — Public  Indecency  and  Improper  Dressing.  Penalty. 

— Any  person  who  walks  upon  the  streets  or  sidewalks  indecently 
attired,  or  who  stands  or  sits  at  the  door  or  gate  or  upon  the  steps 
or  porch  of  his  or  her  house  or  home,  or  other  house,  in  an 
indecent  position  or  lewd  manner,  shall,  on  conviction  be  fined 
not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisoned  not  exceeding  sixty  days, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  651. — Steamboats.  Violation  of  Law  on.  Regulations. 
Penalty. — In  case  of  violation  of  any  of  the  laws  and  Ordinances 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  when  the  offender  is  on  board  of  any  of 
the  boats  at  the  wharf  or  leaving  the  same,  the  commander  of 
such  boat  shall  be  required  to  stop  and  deliver  the  offender  on 
being  signaled  by  any  officer  to  do  so.  Failure  to  comply  with 
this  Section  will  subject  the  commanding  officer  of  such  boat  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  $10.00  nor  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisoned 
not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  652. — Sling  Shots.  Regulations.  Penalty  for  Using. — It 
shall  not  be  lawful  to  shoot  gravel,  or  shot,  or  marble,  or  any 
other  thing  out  of  a gravel  shooter,  blow  gun,  or  marble  sling, 
or  other  device  or  implement  of  like  character. 

Any  person  violating  this  Section  shall,  on  conviction,  be 
fined  from  $1.00  to  $25.00,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty 
days,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  653. — Forbidding  Loitering  or  Sleeping  in  Stairways  and 
on  Private  Premises.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son or  persons  in  said  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  to  loiter  or  sleep 
on  or  at  the  foot  of  any  stairway  of  any  building  of  said  city  or  to 
loiter  or  to  sleep  in  or  on  boxes  or  hogsheads  or  other  things 
in  the  streets  or  sidewalks  or  alleys,  or  on  public  grounds  or  on 


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the  private  premises  or  grounds  of  another  without  the  consent 
of  the  person  in  control  of  any  such  premises  or  grounds  or  to 
habitually  loaf  around  the  hotels  and  public  places  of  the  city. 
Any  person  violating  this  Section  shall  be  fined  by  the  Recorder 
not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisoned  not  exceeding  sixty  days, 
either  or  both,  in  his  discretion. 

SEC.  654. — Keeping  Liquors  for  Illegal  Sale.  Penalty. — It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  keep  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  for  the 
purpose  of  illegal  sale,  any  alcoholic,  spirituous,  malt  or  intox- 
icating liquors,  or  intoxicating  bitters,  or  other  drinks,  which  if 
drunk  to  excess  will  produce  intoxication  and  each  and  every 
violation  of  this  Section  will  be  punishable  upon  conviction 
before  the  Recorder  of  the  City  of  Columbus  by  a fine  not  to 
exceed  $100,  or  by  labor  on  the  city  chaingang  not  to  exceed 
sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  655. — Forbidding  Minors  to  Enter  Near  Beer  Saloons. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  minor  or  minors  to  go 
into  any  place  where  any  imitation  or  substitute  for  beer,  ale, 
wine,  whiskey  or  other  spirituous  or  malt  liquors  are  kept  for 
retail,  unless  by  written  consent  of  his  parents  or  guardian, 
which  written  consent  shall  be  exhibited  to  any  police  officer 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  upon  demand  and  failure  to  produce 
the  same  upon  demand  shall  be  punishable  in  the  same  manner 
as  though  such  written  consent  did  not  exist. 

Any  minor  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall,  on 
conviction  before  the  Recorder,  be  fined  not  more  than  $10.00, 
or  sentenced  to  the  rock  pile  or  imprisonment  for  a period  not 
to  exceed  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  656. — Prohibiting  Minors  from  Entering  Billard  or  Pool 
Rooms.  Penalty. — (a.)  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  minor  to  enter 
any  billiard  or  pool  room  where  such  business  is  carried  on  and 
conducted  in  the  City  of  Columbus;  or  to  play  at  any  game  of 
pool  or  billards  at  any  pool  or  billard  table  where  such  business 
shall  be  licensed,  conducted  and  carried  on  in  the  City  of 
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(b.)  Any  minor  or  person  under  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  upon  conviction  thereof 
in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
$20.00,  or  confined  upon  public  works  of  the  city  for  a period 
not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

(c.)  Any  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  carrying  on  or 
conducting  a billiard  or  pool  business  in  the  City  of  Columbus, 
who,  either  by  himself  or  any  other  person,  shall  knowingly 
permit  any  minor  to  play  a game  of  billiards  or  pool  in  his  place 
of  business  shall,  upon  conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court  be 
fined  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisoned  for  a period  not 
exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  657. — Women  Not  Allowed  in  Saloons.  Penalty. — It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  woman  to  loiter  in  a saloon  or  room  where 
liquors  in  imitation  of  alcohol,  spirituous  or  malt  liquors  are 
sold  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  or  for  any  woman  to  drink  any  of 
such  liquors  in  any  store,  room  or  place  of  business  where  such 
liquors  are  sold  in  the  City  of  Columbus. 

Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall,  on 
conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  punished  by  a fine  not 
exceeding  $10.00,  or  by  confinement  in  the  guard  house,  or  at 
hard  labor  upon  the  public  works  of  the  city  for  a term  not 
exceeding  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  658. — Prohibiting  Disreputable  Women  Loitering. 
Penalty. — All  women  of  disreptuable  character,  commonly 
known  as  street  walkers,  who  may  be  found  standing  or  loiter- 
ing about  the  streets,  stores,  or  pubilc  places  of  the  city,  or  who 
may  be  seen  to  enter,  or  who  may  be  found  in  any  barroom  in 
the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  and  who  cannot  prove  that  they 
are  in  on  unavoidable  business,  shall  be  arrested  by  the  police 
and  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisoned  not  exceed- 
ing sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  659. — Inmates  of  Lewd  Houses  Dispossessed.  When. — 
Whenever  it  shall  have  been  adjudged  in  the  Recorder’s  Court 
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disorderly  house,  or  that  any  house  is  a lewd,  or  a disorderly 
house,  or  that  any  house  is  frequented  by  lewd  women;  there- 
upon, the  occupants  or  inmates  of  such  lewd  or  disorderly  house 
shall  be  ordered  by  the  Mayor  or  by  the  Recorder  to  move  from 
said  house;  and  should  said  order  be  not  obeyed  within  forty-eight 
hours,  upon  conviction  of  such  failure  or  refusal  to  so  obey  said 
order  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  the  person  or  persons  so  found 
guilty  shall  each  be  fined  not  more  than  $100  nor  less  than 
$5.00,  or  be  confined  at  hard  labor  upon  the  public  works  in 
said  city  for  not  more  than  sixty  days,  nor  less  than  one  day, 
either  or  both  of  such  punishments,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  660. — Begging  Prohibited.  Tramps  Defined.  Penalty. — 
Any  person  who  shall  go  about  from  door  to  door,  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  begging  for  his  or  her  benefit,  or  who  shall  place  him- 
self or  herself  in  the  streets,  highways,  lanes,  parks,  cemeteries 
or  other  public  grounds  of  said  city,  with  no  fixed  place  of 
abode,  shall  be  known  and  arrested  as  a tramp,  and  upon  con- 
viction in  the  Recorder’s  Court  as  such,  shall  be  fined  in  a 
sum  not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisoned  or  confined  to  hard 
labor  upon  the  public  works  for  a term  not  to  exceed  thirty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  661. — Regulating  Bathing  in  Pond,  Branch  or  River 
Within  the  City  Limits. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  one  to 
bathe  in  any  pond  or  branch  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city  between  daylight  and  dark  unless  provided  with  suitable 
bathing  suits,  and  no  person  shall  bathe  in  the  river  anywhere 
between  the  north  limits  of  the  city  and  the  southwest  corner 
of  the  Exposition  Park  between  daylight  and  dark,  unless  pro- 
vided with  suitable  bathing  suits;  and  from  the  southwest  corner 
of  park  to  southeast  limit  of  city,  persons  may  go  in  bathing  at 
will. 

Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall,  upon 
conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00 
nor  more  than  $2.50,  or  five  days  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion 
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SEC.  662. — Teasing  Idiots  and  Simple  Minded  Persons. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  and  disorderly  conduct  for  any 
person  to  tease  or  harrass,  either  by  words,  signs  or  acts,  on  the 
streets  or  public  places  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  any  simple 
minded,  idiotic,  or  crazy  person,  or  any  cripple,  or  other  unfor- 
tunate person,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  especial  duty  of  the 
Police  Department  to  enforce  the  terms  of  this  Section. 

Any  person  violating  this  Section  shall  be  held  and  deemed 
guilty  of  disorderly  conduct,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
$10.00,  nor  less  than  $1.00,  or  confined  at  hard  labor  upon  the 
public  works  of  the  city  for  not  less  than  five  days,  nor  more 
than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  663. — Improper  or  Profane  Language  Over  Telephone 
Forbidden.  Penalty. — Any  person  or  persons  who  shall,  in  the 
operation  of  any  telephone  installed  within  the  City  of  Columbus, 
make  use  of  any  vulgar  vituperation  or  profane  language  into 
and  over  said  telephone,  shall  be  guilty  of  disorderly  conduct 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  a sum  not  less  than 
$1.00,  nor  more  than  $50.00,  or  be  imprisoned  at  hard  labor  on  the 
chaingang  for  a period  of  not  less  than  one  day,  nor  more  than 
thirty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  664. — Getting  On  or  Off  Moving  Trains  or  Cars.  Penalty. 
— All  persons,  unconnected  with  the  railroad  trains,  are  pro- 
hibited from  getting  on  the  engines  and  cars  within  the  City  of 
Columbus,  unless  for  the  bona  fide  purpose  of  taking  passage  on 
the  same;  and  all  offenders  shall  be  arrested  by  any  special  or 
other  policeman  of  the  city,  and  on  conviction,  shall  be  fined 
not  exceeding  $5.00,  or  be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  thirty  days, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder.  Any  person 
unconnected  with  the  railroad  trains,  jumping  or  getting  on  or 
off  a moving  train  in  said  city,  shall  be  subject  to  the  same 
punishment;  provided,  however,  that  nothing  in  this  Section 
shall  be  construed  so  as  to  interfere  with  persons  meeting 
friends,  or  seeing  them  off  on  the  train  of  cars,  when  the  same 
are  not  in  motion. 

SEC.  665. — Wearing  Hats  in  Theatres.  Penalty. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  wear  a hat  or  any  other  covering  of 


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the  head  which  obstructs  the  view  of  other  persons,  in  any 
theatre,  opera  house,  motion  picture  theatre  or  any  other  build- 
ing where  an  entertainment  is  given  and  an  admission  charged, 
during  any  performance  at  such  theatre,  opera  house,  motion 
picture  theatre  or  any  other  building  where  an  entertainment  is 
given  and  an  admission  charged,  and  any  person  violating  this 
Section  shall  be  fined  in  a sum  not  exceeding  $20.00,  or  impris- 
onment not  more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  666. — Theatre  Managers  to  Forbid  Wearing  of  Hats. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  proprietor,  manager,  or 
any  other  person  in  charge  of  any  theatre,  opera  house,  motion 
picture  theatre,  or  any  other  building  where  an  entertainment  is 
given  and  an  admission  is  charged  to  permit  any  person  to  wear 
a hat,  or  any  other  covering  of  the  head  which  obstructs  the  view 
of  other  persons  in  any  theatre,  opera  house,  motion  picture 
theatre  or  any  other  building  where  an  entertainment  is  given 
and  an  admission  charged,  and  any  such  person,  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  $20.00, 
or  imprisoned  not  more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


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STREETS  AND  SIDEWALKS. 

SECTION  667. — Animals  Running  at  Large.  Impounded. 
Penalty. — No  cattle  shall  be  permitted  in  any  of  the  streets  or 
parks  of  the  city,  except  while  being  driven  through  the  same, 
and  any  cattle  so  found  running  at  large  shall  be  impounded  by 
the  Chief  of  Police  who  shall  advertise  and  sell  the  same  after 
giving  three  days  notice  of  time  and  place  thereof,  and  unless 
the  owner  shall  within  that  time  redeem  the  same  by  paying 
50  cents  for  each  head  of  cattle  with  25  cents  per  day  for  feeding. 
When  sold  the  net  proceeds  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  City 
Treasurer  for  account  of  the  owner.  Nothing  in  this  Section 
shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  grazing  of  cattle  upon  any  of 
the  commons  of  the  city. 

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SEC.  668. — Hogs  Running  at  large. — It  shall  not  be  lawful  for 
any  hogs  to  run  at  large  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to  put  all  hogs  found  in  the 
streets,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city,  in  a pound,  which 
the  Mayor  shall  be  empowered  to  furnish.  And  all  hogs  re- 
maining in  the  pound  three  days  shall  be  sold,  and  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  shall  be  put  in  the  City  Treasury;  and  any  person  or 
persons  finding  their  hogs  in  the  pound  shall  pay  for  each  hog, 
pig  or  shoat,  50  cents  per  day  for  each. 

SEC.  669. — Skinning  Diseased  Animals.  Penalty. — Any  person 
who  shall  skin  or  cause  to  be  skinned,  any  dead  animal  on  any 
lot  in  said  city,  and  before  the  same  is  moved  outside  of  the 
city,  which  may  die  from  disease  or  casualty  shall  be  held  and 
deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon'  conviction,  shall  be 
fined  or  imprisoned,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder.  No 
person  is  allowed  to  butcher  any  animal  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  city;  and  any  person  violating  this  Section,  shall 
be  fined  or  imprisoned,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  670. — Bitches  Running  at  Large. — No  bitch,  when  in  heat, 
shall  be  allowed  to  run  at  large  on  the  streets,  under  penalty  of 
being  killed,  whether  wearing  a badge  or  not. 

SEC.  671. — Loose  Horses  or  Mules.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
the  owner  or  other  person,  to  allow  loose  horses,  mules  or  colts 
to  run  at  large  upon  the  streets  or  commons  of  the  city. 

SEC.  672. — Feeding  Horses  and  Mules  in  Streets. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  the  owner  or  other  person  to  feed  their  stock  in  the 
streets  or  alleys  of  the  city  without  being  securely  fastened. 

SEC.  673. — Loose  Horses  and  Mules  Taken  up  by  Police. — It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  and  members  of  the  police  force 
to  at  once  take  charge  of  such  horses,  mules  or  stock  loose  in  the 
streets  or  commons,  and  any  stock  being  fed  in  the  streets  or 
alleys  of  the  city  without  being  securely  fastened,  and  carry  the 
same  to  any  livery  stable  in  the  city,  to  be  kept  at  the  expense 
of  the  owner  until  released  as  hereafter  prescribed;  and  in  all 
cases  where  the  Marshal  and  police  cannot  lay  hands  upon  such 
loose  horses,  mules  or  colts,  that  the  owner  of  such  stock  shall  be 
reported  to  the  Mayor  and  shall  be  fined  as  hereafter  prescribed. 


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SEC.  674. — Penalty.  Fines  and  Expenses. — Any  owner  or  other 
person  who  shall  allow  loose  horses,  mules  or  colts  to  run  upon 
the  streets  or  commons  of  the  city,  or  any  owner  or  other  person 
who  shall  feed  their  stock  in  the  streets  or  alleys  of  the  city 
without  being  securely  fastened,  shall  be  found  guilty  of  a 
nuisance  and  for  each  offense  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  $5.00, 
or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder,  which  fine,  together  with  the  expense  of  care  and 
maintenance  of  stock  shall  be  paid  before  such  horses  or 
mules  or  colts  shall  be  released.  All  horses,  mules  or  colts 
remaining  in  stables  longer  than  one  week  shall  be  sold  at 
public  outcry  and  the  funds  less  the  proper  charges  put  in  the 
City  Treasury  to  be  paid  to  the  owner  when  called  for.  Does 
not  apply  to  drovers  bringing  in  or  taking  stock  out  from  the 
city. 

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SEC.  675. — Auction  Sales.  Articles  Shall  be  Removed  from 
Streets.  Penalty. — All  auction  sales  of  live  stock,  furniture  and 
articles  of  bulk  shall  be  had  at  the  intersections  of  Broad  and 
Eleventh  Streets;  said  sales  shall  be  held  between  the  hours  of 
10:00  A.  M.,  and  2:00  P.  M.,  and  all  stock,  furniture,  etc.,  must 
be  removed  from  the  street  by  3:00  P.  M.  It  shall  not  be  lawful 
for  sales  at  auction  to  be  made  in  any  other  place  in  the  streets, 
and  any  person  violating  this  Section  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
$10.00  for  each  offense,  or  imprisoned  not  exceeding  sixty  days, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  676. — Special  Auction  Sales  Regulated.  Penalty.  Regu- 
lations.— All  persons  exercising  the  “Special  Permission  of  Coun- 
cil” in  conducting  auction  sales,  shall  be  required  to  keep  the 
sidewalk  clear,  and  the  Marshal  and  police  are  strictly  ordered  to 
enforce  this  resolution  and  assist  the  proprietors  in  its  enforce- 
ment, and  the  violations  of  this  law  shall  subject  offending  party 
to  a fine  upon  conviction  before  the  Recorder  of  not  less  than 
$10.00  nor  more  than  $50.00,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  677. — Building  Material  and  Rubbish  on  Streets.  Regu- 
lations. Penalty. — In  erecting  any  building,  situated  on  any 
street,  or  doing  any  other  work  no  person  shall  place  or  deposit 


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nor  suffer  to  remain  in  any  part  of  said  street  for  a longer 
period,  from  time  to  time,  than  ten  days,  any  dirt,  rubbish  or 
remains  of  any  old  building;  nor  any  lumber  or  other  building 
material  for  any  longer  period  than  may  be  necessary  for  the 
prosecution  of  the  work  which  may  be  going  on;  nor  shall  any 
such  dirt  or  rubbish  or  lumber  or  other  building  material,  be 
so  deposited  as  to  obstruct  the  passage  over  more  than  one-half 
part  of  the  street  in  which  they  may  be  so  deposited.  And  any 
person  violating  this  Section  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not 
exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  678. — Unlawful  to  Feed  Except  by  Means  of  a Nose  Bag 
or  Leave  Unhitched  any  Horse  or  Other  Beast  Within  Certain 
Limits.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  feed, 
except  by  means  of  a nose  bag,  so  attached  as  to  prevent  the  feed 
from  falling  upon  the  street  or  avenue  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
any  horse,  mule,  ox  or  other  beast  of  burden,  or  to  leave  un- 
hitched from  vehicle  any  horse,  mule,  ox  or  other  draught 
animal,  on  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  of  said  City  of  Colum- 
bus, lying  east  of  the  west  line  of  Broad  Street  or  west  of  the 
west  line  of  Sixth  Avenue  or  at  a distance  less  than  fifty  feet 
from  private  property,  occupied  exclusively  as  a residence.  Any 
person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall,  on  con- 
viction before  the  Recorder,  be  subject  to  a fine  not  exceeding 
$10.00  or  to  confinement  in  the  guard  house  or  on  the  city  chain- 
gang  or  rock  pile  for  a period  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  either 
or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  679. — To  Prevent  Fruit  Parings,  Garbage  and  Other  Arti- 
cles Being  Thrown  on  Sidewalks.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person  or  persons  to  deposit  or  throw  on  any  sidewalk 
or  pavement  in  the  City  of  Columbus  any  sweepings  from  any 
stores  or  dwellings,  or  place  of  business,  or  any  paper,  hair, 
slop,  or  washings  of  any  kind,  watermelon  rinds  or  seeds,  fruit 
parings,  any  vegetable  matter  or  any  kind  of  garbage,  and  any 
person  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall,  on 
conviction,  pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  $1.00,  nor  more  than  $25.00, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  or  be  imprisoned  for  not  less 


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than  one  nor  more  than  ten  days  for  each  offense.  Provided , 
that  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  merchants  and  others  expos- 
ing fruits,  vegetables,  etc.,  for  sale. 

SEC.  680. — Paved  Streets  Protected  from  Hauling  with  Certain 
Vehicles,  Coal,  Sand,  Dirt,  Etc.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person  or  persons  to  haul  along  and  over  the  streets  of 
the  City  of  Columbus  old  lumber,  old  shingles,  broken  crockery 
or  any  other  rubbish  and  debris  having  nails  or  screws  or 
any  other  thing  attached  thereto  and  likely,  if  dropped,  to 
injure  the  feet  of  persons  or  of  horses,  mules  or  other  animals, 
or  puncture  the  tires  of  vehicles,  or  haul  along  or  over  any  of 
the  paved  streets  of  said  city  any  sand,  gravel,  dirt,  coal,  cinders 
or  any  other  loose  material  of  a similar  character  without  having 
the  same  securely  enclosed  within  vehicles  with  proper  frame 
or  other  protection  to  prevent  the  same  from  falling  along 
the  driveways. 

Any  person  or  persons  who  may  haul  material  as  herein  above 
described  in  any  other  way  than  is  herein  prescribed  or  who 
shall  haul  any  kind  of  material  or  any  part  thereof  to  be  dropped 
therein  and  remain  where  it  is  likely  to  injure  the  feet  of  persons 
or  horses,  mules  or  other  animals  or  puncture  the  tires  of 
vehicles  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than  $1.00,  nor 
more  than  $50.00,  or  be  imprisoned  for  a period  of  not  less  than 
one  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder. 

SEC.  681. — Ashes  and  Refuse  Matter  on  Streets.  Penalty. — 
No  person  shall  throw  or  deposit,  or  cause  to  be  thrown  or 
deposited  in  any  street  or  sidewalk  any  soot,  ashes,  manure, 
oyster  shells,  nor  any  filth,  offal,  putrid  or  stinking  water,  or 
other  putrid  or  offensive  matter,  nor  the  trimmings  or  prunings 
of  any  poisonous  plant,  tree  or  vegetable  whatever  at  any  time; 
nor  shall  any  rubbish  or  the  sweepings  of  any  premises  be 
placed  in  any  of  the  streets,  except  upon  such  days  as  may  be 
designated  by  the  Mayor  and  Council  for  the  purpose  of  having 
the  same  removed  by  the  city  carts.  And  any  person  violating 
the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not 
exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days, 
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SEC.  682. — Trash  and  Rubbish  on  the  Streets.  Regulations. — 
It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  deposit  in  any  street  or 
avenue,  public  or  private  alley,  decayed  or  refuse  or  offensive 
matter,  garbage,  ashes,  paper,  rubbish,  scrapings  from  premises, 
except  as  follows: 

All  such  matter  as  above  referred  to  shall,  on  Broad  Street  and 
First  Avenue,  between  the  south  side  of  Ninth  Street  and  the 
north  side  of  Fifteenth  Street,  be  placed  in  boxes  or  barrels  on 
the  edge  of  the  sidewalk  before  9:00  o’clock  A.  M.,  each  day 
except  Sunday,  and  the  owner  shall  remove  the  vessel  to  the 
proper  premises  when  emptied.  That  separate  and  distinct 
receptacles  shall  be  had  for  the  depository  of  paper  or  other 
inflammable  material  from  that  of  ashes. 

All  such  matter  as  is  above  referred  to  shall,  in  all  other  streets 
and  avenues,  private  or  public  alleys,  be  deposited  in  the  same 
manner,  as  in  this  Section  provided,  not  later  than  11:00  o’clock 
A.  M.  And  any  person  violating  this  Section  or  any  part  there- 
of, shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  and  not  more  than  $10.00, 
or  imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Sanitary  Inspector 
with  the  assistance  of  the  police  force  to  enforce  the  provisions 
of  this  Section. 

SEC.  683. — Regulating  Accumulation  of  Trash  and  Other  Com- 
bustible Matter.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  to  place  and  let  remain  in  any  box,  barrel 
or  otherwise  in  any  building,  cellar,  alleyway,  or  yard,  within 
the  fire  limits,  longer  than  eighteen  hours  any  loose  straw,  hay, 
paper  or  other  combustible  matter,  and  all  owners  or  occupants 
of  buildings  or  cellars  within  said  limits  are  hereby  required  to 
have  an  open  alleyway  extending  from  one  end  of  the  cellar 
to  the  other  and  to  permit  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  or 
any  member  thereof  designated  by  him  or  any  officer  or  member 
of  the  police  force,  to  inspect  their  buildings,  cellars  and 
premises  to  see  whether  or  not  the  provisions  of  this  Section 
are  being  complied  with. 

And  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment or  any  member  thereof  designated  by  him  and  of  the 
police  force  to  make  such  inspections. 


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Any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section 
shall  be  arrested  by  an  officer  or  member  of  the  police  force, 
and  may,  on  conviction  before  the  Recorder,  be  fined  in  a sum 
not  exceeding  $50.00,  or  to  work  on  the  streets,  or  imprisoned 
not  exceeding  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  684. — No  Article  Tending  to  Soil  One’s  Clothing  Shall  be 
Transported  on  the  Sidewalk.  Penalty. — No  person  or  persons 
shall  use  any  hand-cart,  or  truck,  or  transport  any  ladder, 
piping,  lumber,  paint  or  whitewash  brush  and  bucket  or  any 
other  article  or  thing  along  and  on  the  sidewalks  and  street- 
crossings  on  Broad  Street  and  First  Avenue  between  Ninth  and 
Fifteenth  Streets  inclusive,  which  tend  to  or  is  liable  to  damage 
the  person  or  clothing  of  any  person  on  said  sidewalk  or  cross- 
ing, but  all  such  articles  or  things  shall  be  transported  or  car- 
ried in  the  streets  and  off  the  sidewalks  and  crossings  in  the  ter- 
ritory specified.  For  a violation  of  this  Section  the  person  or 
persons  so  offending  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding 
$30.00,  or  imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days,  or  both,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Marshal  and  police  to  notify  all  persons  who  may  be  guilty  of 
a violation  of  this  Section  and  report  the  same  to  the  Recorder’s 
Court. 

SEC.  685. — Spitting  or  Throwing  Litter  on  Sidewalks  or  Floors 
of  Public  Places.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  disorderly  conduct  and 
unlawful  for  any  one  to  spit  or  throw  hulls,  peelings  or  other 
litter  upon  the  paved  or  planked  sidewalks  or  upon  the  paved 
or  stone  crossings  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  or  upon  the  floors  of 
churches,  public  halls,  theatres,  street  cars,  depots,  bridges  or 
other  public  places  in  said  city.  Any  person  violating  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Section  shall,  on  conviction  therefor  in  the 
Recorder’s  Court,  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than 
$5.00,  or  be  confined  at  hard  labor  upon  the  public  works  for  not 
less  than  one  day,  nor  more  than  five  days,  either  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  for  each  offense. 

SEC.  686. — Sidewalks.  Hauling  Slops  on,  Forbidden.  Penalty. 
— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  haul  or 


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transport  slops  of  any  kind  upon  any  of  the  sidewalks  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  in  wagons  or  vehicles  of  any  kind,  whether 
the  same  be  propelled  by  hand  or  by  dogs,  goats  or  any  other 
animals  or  animal.  And  any  person  violating  the  provisions  of 
this  Section  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  more  than  $5.00, 
or  imprisonment  not  more  than  ten  days,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder. 

SEC.  687. — Vending  Lunches,  Cakes,  Etc.,  on  Streets  Forbidden. 
— The  vending  of  cakes,  pies  and  all  kinds  of  cooked  victuals  on 
the  bridges  and  streets  is  hereby  prohibited,  and  all  persons 
found  violating  this  Section  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $10.00, 
or  imprisonment  as  the  Recorder  may  direct.  And  the  Chief  of 
Police  is  instructed  to  notify  all  persons  so  engaged  and  see  that 
this  Section  is  strictly  enforced. 

SEC.  688. — Fruit  Stands  and  Vegetable  Stands  on  Broad  Street. 
Penalty. — No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  erect  a stand  on  Broad 
Street  for  the  sale  of  fruits,  vegetables,  etc.,  unless  they  have 
a huckster’s  license  and  have  permission  of  Council  and  the 
tenants  adjoining  and  opposite  the  place  where  they  desire  to 
have  the  stand.  And  any  person  violating  the  provisions  of 
this  Section  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or 
imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  689. — Telegraph  or  Other  Poles  in  the  Streets  to  be 
Painted. — All  telegraph,  telephone,  electric  light,  fire  alarm  tele- 
graph or  other  poles  now  erected,  or  which  may  hereafter  be 
erected  in  the  streets  of  the  city,  shall  be  painted  and  shall  be 
kept  in  good  repair.  The  Committee  on  Streets  may  at  any  time 
notify  the  owners  to  paint  or  repair  the  same,  which  shall  be 
done  within  ten  days  from  such  notice,  and  any  violation  of 
this  Section  will  subject  the  offender  to  a fine  not  exceeding 
$5.00  per  post,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  690. — Telephone,  Telegraph  and  Electric  Light  Poles  to 
be  Marked.  Penalty. — Telegraph,  telephone  or  electric  or  other 
company  using  poles  on  the  streets,  alleys  or  other  property  of 
the  City  of  Columbus  are  required  to  mark  each  and  every 


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pole  plainly  with  name  or  initial  of  such  company  stencilled  on 
same,  and  any  violation  of  this  Section  shall  subject  such  owner, 
on  conviction,  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  $1.00,  nor  more  than 
$10.00  for  each  pole  not  so  marked. 

SEC.  691. — Regulating  Construction  of  Pole  Wire  Lines. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion, who  shall  erect  or  maintain  any  pole  line  for  carrying  wires 
in  said  city  to  attach  or  maintain  any  guy  wire  at  a less  distance 
than  fifteen  feet  above  the  ground  unless  such  guy  wire  shall 
be  enclosed  in  an  iron  pipe  or  in  a wooden  box  not  less  than 
three  inches  in  diameter,  or  be  bolted  to  a timber  not  less  than 
three  inches  square  with  rounded  corners.  And  any  person  or 
officials  of  any  corporation  violating  this  Section,  shall,  on  con- 
viction, be  fined  not  more  than  $10.00,  or  imprisoned  on  the 
public  works  of  the  city  for  not  exceeding  twenty  days,  either  or 
both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  692. — Prohibiting  the  Planting  of  Chinaberry,  Mulberry 
and  Sycamore  Trees  in  the  Streets,  Parks,  Etc.  Penalty. — It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  plant  or  cause  to 
be  planted  in  or  on  any  of  the  streets,  avenues,  alleys,  lanes, 
sidewalks  or  cemeteries  of  the  City  of  Columbus  any  china- 
berry,  mulberry  or  sycamore  trees.  Any  person  violating  this 
Section  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court, 
be  fined  by  the  Recorder  not  more  than  $2.00  per  day  for  such 
time  as  such  tree  or  trees  are  allowed  to  remain  for  each 
tree  so  planted,  or  five  days  upon  the  city  chaingang,  either 
or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder;  provided,  that 
said  fines  may  be  remitted  by  the  Recorder  when  the  per- 
son so  fined  shall  remove  the  trees  so  planted  and  substitute 
therefor  an  oak  or  elm  tree  or  any  other  tree  not  prohibited  by 
this  Section,  within  the  period  to  be  named  by  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  693. — Rules  of  the  Road.  Regulating  the  Running, 
Operating  and  Driving  of  Vehicles  in  the  City  of  Columbus. 
Penalty  for  Violation. — 

1.  The  owner,  operator,  driver  or  person  in  charge  of  any  car, 
dray,  wagon,  buggy,  automobile,  motorcycle  or  bicycle  on  the 
streets,  avenues  or  pubic  highways  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 


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Georgia,  shall  conform  to  and  observe  the  following  rules  and 
regulations  upon  such  streets,  avenues  or  public  highways  in  said 
city. 

2.  The  word  “vehicles”  including  equestrians,  led  horses  and 
everything  on  wheels  or  runners  except  street  cars,  baby  car- 
riages and  toy  wagons. 

3.  The  word  “driver”  includes  the  rider  or  driver  of  a horse, 
a rider  of  wheels  and  the  operator  of  a vehicle  or  street  car. 

4.  The  term  “congested  district,”  as  used  in  this  Ordinance, 
shall  include  all  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Columbus  bounded 
on  the  north  by  the  north  side  of  Thirteenth  Street;  on  the  east 
by  the  east  side  of  First  Avenue;  on  the  south  by  the  south  side 
of  Tenth  Street;  on  the  west  by  the  west  side  of  Broad  Street. 
Also  Dillingham  Street. 

5.  The  driver  or  person  in  control  of  a vehicle  in  slowing 
down,  stopping  or  turning  shall  signal  those  in  the  rear  by 
raising  his  hand. 

6.  No  person  in  control  of  a vehicle  shall  back  the  same 
without  ample  warning  being  given,  and,  while  backing,  care 
must  be  exercised  not  to  injure  those  in  the  rear. 

7.  Police,  Fire  Department  and  ambulance  vehicles  shall  have 
the  right  of  way  in  any  street. 

8.  Every  person  in  charge  of  a vehicle  shall  pull  to  the 
right  of  the  street  or  road  when  signalled  from  a vehicle  behind 
desiring  to  pass. 

9.  Upon  the  approach  of  any  fire  apparatus,  police  patrol  or 
ambulance,  responding  to  an  emergency  call,  every  vehicle  shall 
draw  up  as  near  as  practicable  to  the  right  curb  of  the  street,  and 
remain  at  a standstill  until  such  apparatus,  patrol  or  ambulance 
shall  have  passed. 

10.  Every  person  in  charge  of  a vehicle,  upon  any  street, 
approaching  any  street  car  which  has  stopped,  or  is  about  to 
stop,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  on  or  discharging  passengers, 
shall  stop,  and  shall  not  approach  said  street  car  close  enough 
to  interfere  with  passengers  boarding  or  leaving  said  street  car; 
provided,  however,  that  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  street 
cars  being  operated  on  the  tracks  laid  in  the  parkway,  in  said 
street,  and  not  in  the  driveway. 


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11.  Vehicles  and  street  cars  shall  not  stop  on  the  cross-walks 
so  as  to  interfere  with  the  passage  of  pedestrians;  except  that 
such  vehicles  and  street  cars  may  stop  in  said  crossings  a 
reasonable  time  for  the  purpose  of  permitting  passengers  to 
enter  or  alight  from  said  vehicles  or  street  cars. 

12.  Vehicles  shall  be  driven  in  a careful  manner  and  with 
due  regard  for  the  safety  and  convenience  of  pedestrians  and 
all  other  vehicles. 

13.  Every  person  using  any  vehicles  upon  any  street  in  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  operate,  drive  or  ride  such  vehicle  on 
the  portion  of  said  street  to  the  right  of  the  center  of  said  street, 
except  where  the  right  side  of  said  street  is  in  such  condition 
as  to  be  impassable. 

14.  Vehicles  moving  slowly  shall  keep  as  close  as  possible 
to  the  curb  on  the  right,  allowing  more  swiftly  moving  vehicles 
free  passage  on  their  left. 

15.  A vehicle  meeting  another  vehicle  shall  pass  on  the 
right. 

16.  A vehicle  overtaking  another  vehicle  shall  pass  on  the  left 
side  of  the  overtaken  vehicle,  and  shall  not  pull  over  to  the 
right  until  entirely  clear  of  said  overtaken  vehicle. 

17.  ^ A vehicle  turning  into  another  street  to  the  right  shall 
turn  the  corner  as  near  to  the  right  hand  curb  as  possible. 

18.  Vehicles  overtaking  a street  car  shall  pass  it  on  the  right. 
If  there  is  not  sufficient  space  to  pass  the  car  on  the  right,  they 
shall  follow  the  car  until  there  is  sufficient  space  to  pass  it  on  the 
right. 

19.  A vehicle  turning  to  the  left  to  enter  an  intersecting  street 
shall  not  turn  until  it  shall  have  passed  beyond  the  center  of 
such  intersecting  street. 

20.  Vehicles  crossing  from  one  side  of  a street  to  another 
shall  do  so  by  turning  to  the  left  so  as  to  head  in  the  same 
direction  as  traffic  on  the  street. 

21.  No  vehicle  shall  be  turned  around  upon  any  street  within 
the  congested  district  unless  such  vehicle  shall  first  proceed  to 
the  next  cross  street  and  shall  then  make  the  turn  to  the  left 
after  reaching  the  center  of  said  cross  street. 


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22.  No  vehicle  shall  stop  with  its  left  side  to  the  curb  within 
the  congested  district. 

23.  No  vehicle,  unless  in  an  emergency  or  to  allow  another 
vehicle  or  pedestrian  to  cross  its  path,  shall  stop  in  any  street, 
within  the  congested  district,  except  near  the  right  hand  curb 
thereof,  and  so  as  not  to  obstruct  the  crossing. 

24.  No  vehicle  shall  stand  within  the  intersection  of  any 
streets  within  the  congested  district,  or  within  ten  feet  of  the 
intersection  of  said  streets. 

25.  At  theatres  and  public  gatherings,  or  under  unusual  cir- 
cumstances, vehicles  shall  stand  or  move  as  directed  by  the 
police. 

26.  No  vehicle  shall  stop  or  be  left  in  front  of  the  entrance  of 
any  theatre,  hotel,  depot  or  other  entrance  to  places  of  conges- 
tion of  traffic  for  any  time  longer  than  sufficient  to  receive  or 
deliver  occupants  or  goods  for,  or  from,  such  building,  and 
the  driver  in  charge  of  such  vehicle  shall  move  up  promptly 
to  permit  others  to  arrive  for  like  purposes. 

27.  No  vehicle,  except  apparatus  of  fire,  police  or  hospital 
departments  shall  be  driven  through  a procession  except  with 
the  permission  of  a police  officer. 

28.  Vehicles  shall  not  stand  or  travel  two  or  more  abreast  in 
any  street. 

29.  Vehicles  shall  remain  backed  up  to  a curb  only  long 
enough  to  be  loaded  or  unloaded. 

30.  Horses  attached  to  vehicles,  and  the  shafts  of  unhitched 
vehicles,  when  backed  up  to  the  curb  shall  be  turned  at  right 
angles  to  the  vehicle  or  at  as  nearly  this  angle  as  possible. 

31.  When  taking  up  or  discharging  freight  or  passengers, 
vehicles  within  the  congested  district  shall  be  headed  in  the 
direction  of  traffic  on  the  right  of  the  roadway.  So  far  as 
practicable,  freight,  coal  and  ice  wagons  and  other  heavy  traffic 
should  be  unloaded  from  the  right  side  and  not  from  the  end  of 
the  wagon,  and  shall  be  drawn  in  close  to  the  curb. 

32.  No  person  operating  an  automobile  or  motorcycle  or 
motor  truck  or  other  motor  vehicle,  shall  permit  the  motors  of 


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the  same  to  operate  in  such  a manner  as  to  visibly  emit  an 
unduly  great  amount  of  steam,  smoke  or  products  of  combustion 
from  exhaust  pipes  or  openings. 

33.  Every  automobile,  motor  car,  motorcycle  or  motor 
vehicle,  using  gasoline  or  other  explosive  mixtures  as  a motive 
power,  shall  use  a muffler  which  shall  be  sufficient  to  deaden 
the  sound  of  the  explosion,  and  such  muffler  shall  not  be  dis- 
connected or  cut  out  while  such  automobile,  motor  car,  motor- 
cycle or  motor  vehicle,  is  being  operated  upon  any  street,  avenue 
or  other  public  highway  within  the  City  of  Columbus. 

34.  No  person  driving,  riding  or  operating  any  motorcycle 
upon  the  streets,  avenues  or  public  highways  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  shall  allow  any  person  to  ride  upon  said  motorcycle 
in  front  of  the  person  driving,  riding  or  operating  said  motor- 
cycle, nor  shall  he  carry  any  package,  bundle  or  articles  on 
said  motorcycle  that  will  obstruct  the  view  of  the  person  driving, 
riding  or  operating  the  said  motorcycle,  or  that  shall  interfere 
with  his  operation,  management  or  control  thereof. 

35.  In  construing  this  Ordinance,  wherever  any  street  or 
avenue  has  a center  park  with  a driveway  on  either  side  of  said 
center  park,  each  such  driveway  shall  be  considered  as  a street 
under  the  terms  of  this  Ordinance. 

36.  When  vehicles,  being  operated  upon  intersecting  streets, 
shall  meet  at  the  intersection  of  said  streets,  the  vehicle  which 
is  approaching  on  the  right  hand  side  of  the  other  vehicle  shall 
have  the  right  of  way. 

37.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  upon 
conviction  thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  shall  be  sentenced  to 
pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $50.00,  or  to  serve 
a term  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  sixty  days  upon  the 
city  chaingang,  or  other  public  works  of  said  city,  either  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  693. — (a.)  Street  Cars  Obstructing  Traffic.  Penalty. — 
No  street  car  shall  stand  so  as  to  obstruct  passage  of  vehicles 
or  pedestrians  any  longer  than  is  necessary  to  take  on  and  let 
off  passengers.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Section,  or  causing  the  same  to  be  done,  shall,  on  conviction 


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in  Recorder’s  Court,  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  $25.00, 
or  imprisonment  or  labor  on  the  chaingang  not  exceeding  thirty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder.  This 
Section  is  not  to  apply  to  vehicles  of  the  Fire  Department  or 
ambulance  when  on  duty. 

SEC.  694. — Giving  Fire  Apparatus  Right  of  Way.  Penalty. — 
In  the  event  of  an  alarm  of  fire  being  given  the  apparatus  of  the 
Fire  Department  shall  have  the  right  of  way  in  and  upon  the 
streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  railroad  crossings  in  responding  to 
any  such  alarm  or  being  upon  such  lanes,  alleys  or  railroad 
crossings.  And  no  person  shall  obstruct  or  neglect  to  make  way 
for  any  such  apparatus  h^ing  thus  in  or  upon  any  such  street, 
lane,  alley  or  railroad  crossing  under  a penalty  of  not  less  than 
$5.00  nor  more  than  50.00  for  every  offense,  or  imprisonment  for 
a term  not  exceeding  thirty  days  for  each  offense,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Recorder.  And  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son to  ride  or  drive  over  any  hose  of  the  Fire  Department  or  in 
any  manner  whatsoever  interfere  with  the  officers  or  members 
of  the  Fire  Department  whilst  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  their 
duties  under  a like  penalty. 

SEC.  695. — Railroad  Cars  Left  Standing.  Regulations. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  railroad  company,  horse 
car  company  or  electric  car  company  to  occupy  any  of  the  rail- 
road tracks  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
except  such  freight  yards  as  are  now  authorized  by  law,  with 
any  freight  cars  or  other  cars  used  for  the  delivery  of  freight, 
except  as  follows,  to-wit:  No  freight  car  or  other  car  used  for 

the  delivery  of  freight  shall  remain  upon  any  track  upon  Broad 
Street,  nor  shall  any  freight  be  unloaded  from  or  loaded  on  any 
cars  on  Broad  Street  during  the  period  from  two  hours  after 
sunrise  in  the  forenoon  to  one  hour  before  sunset  in  the  after- 
noon; provided,  however,  that  from  April  1,  to  September  1,  the 
above  stated  period  shall  begin  at  three  o’clock  after  sunrise. 
Provided,  all  such  said  cars  used  as  aforesaid  shall  be  placed 
on  said  track  immediately  opposite  the  place  of  business  of  the 
consignee.  Provided,  that  the  foregoing  provisions  shall  not 
apply  to  cars  loaded  with  material  for  the  City  of  Columbus 
nor  with  the  material  for  the  building  or  repairing  of  any  rail- 


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road  track.  No  freight  car  or  other  car  used  for  the  delivery  of 
freight  shall  remain  upon  any  track  on  any  other  streets  or  ave- 
nues of  said  city  for  a longer  period  than  forty-eight  hours. 
The  superintendent  of  any  railroad  company,  horse  car  company 
or  electric  car  company  using  the  tracks  upon  the  streets  and 
avenues  of  said  city  for  the  delivery  of  freight  shall  report 
immediately  in  writing  to  the  Chief  of  Police  of  said  city  the  time 
when  said  car  is  placed  upon  said  track,  together  with  the  num- 
ber and  initials  of  said  car,  and  the  point  on  said  street  or  avenue 
where  said  car  can  be  found.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Chief  of  Police  and  policemen  of  said  city  to  enforce  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Section.  Any  superintendent,  manager,  engineer, 
fireman  or  other  officer,  agent  or  employer,  of  any  railroad, 
whether  the  same  be  propelled  by  steam,  electric  or  horse 
power,  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Section 
shall,  upon  conviction  therefor  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  fined 
not  more  than  $50.00  nor  less  than  $1.00,  or  imprisoned  for  not 
more  than  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder,  for  each  violation  of  any  provision  of 
of  this  Section. 

SEC.  696.— Trains  and  Cars  Obstructing  Street  Crossings. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  railroad  company  using 
steam,  electricity  or  other  power  to  permit  any  train  of  cars, 
car  or  engine  of  said  company  to  remain  stationary  or  standing 
for  longer  than  the  space  of  three  minutes  on  any  street  crossed 
by  the  railroad  track  of  said  company,  or  to  obstruct  in  any 
wise  said  street  crossing  for  a longer  time  than  said  three 
minutes;  this  is  not  to  apply  to  incoming  or  outgoing  passenger 
trains  or  train  unavoidably  delayed.  And  any  railroad  company 
violating  this  Section  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than 
$50.00  nor  more  than  $100,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  to 
be  collected  by  execution  against  said  company  for  such  viola- 
tion. In  addition  to  the  penalty  above  provided  in  this  Section, 
in  every  case  of  violation  of  this  Section,  the  engineer  or  other 
person  in  charge  of  said  train,  cars  or  engine,  shall,  upon  con- 
viction in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  less 
than  $5.00,  or  imprisoned  not  longer  than  ten  days,  either  or 
both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


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SEC.  697. — Hitching  Horses  on  Streets.  Regulations.  Penalty. 
— No  person  shall  tie  or  hitch  any  horse,  mule  or  other  animal  in 
any  part  of  the  streets  so  near  to  the  sidewalk  or  cross-walks  as 
to  prevent,  hinder  or  endanger  any  person  from  passing  over 
or  along  any  such  sidewalk  or  cross-walk,  and  any  person  violat- 
ing this  Section  shall  be  punished  by  fine  of  not  more  than 
$30.00,  or  imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days,  either  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  698. — Hitching  to  Trees  and  Lamp  Posts.  Penalty. — No 

person  or  persons  shall  tie,  fasten  or  secure  any  horse,  mule 
or  other  animal  to  any  lamp  post  or  to  any  trees  or  boxing 
around  any  tree  in  the  streets  of  this  city.  Any  person  so 
offending  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  $2.00  for  each  offense,  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  or  any  policeman  to 
take  possession  of  the  animal  and  detain  it  until  the  fine  is 
paid. 

SEC.  699. — Forbidding  Hackmen  Leaving  Vehicles  to  Solicit. — 
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  driver  of  hacks  to  leave  their  vehicles 
for  the  purpose  of  soliciting  patronage  whether  at  depots,  city 
wharf,  hotels  or  other  public  places,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  on  any  railroad  car  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city  to  drum  or  solicit  patronage  for  any  hack.  Persons  so 
offending  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or 
imprisoned  not  longer  than  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  700. — Vehicles  or  Teams  Standing  on  Certain  Streets. 
Penalty. — The  feeding  of  horses  or  other  stock  and  the  standing 
of  teams,  stock  or  of  vehicles  for  sale  is  prohibited  on  First 
Avenue  between  Ninth  and  Tenth  and  between  Eleventh  and 
Twelfth  Streets  and  on  Eleventh  Street  between  First  and 
Second  Avenues,  and  any  violation  of  this  Section  shall  subject 
the  offender  to  a fine  not  exceeding  $5.00  nor  less  than  $2.00,  or 
to  work  on  the  chaingang  or  rock  pile  not  exceeding  twenty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  701. — Leaving  Vehicles  in  Streets.  Penalty. — Any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  shall  not  leave  in  the  streets  of  the  city  any 


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wagon,  dray,  hack  or  other  vehicle  during  the  night,  or  upon 
the  Sabbath  day,  unless  the  same  are  in  actual  use  at  said  period 
of  time,  and  should  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  be  guilty  of 
a violation  of  this  Section,  the  same  shall  be  punished  by  fine 
not  exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisonment  not  more  than  thirty 
days,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder  as  is  now  provided  by 
law. 

SEC.  702. — Furniture  and  Merchandise  in  Streets.  Penalty. — 
If  any  stock,  furniture,  etc.,  be  left  in  the  street,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  police  to  take  charge  of  all  such  stock,  furniture, 
etc.,  and  summons  the  parties  before  the  Recorder,  who  shall 
fine  not  less  than  $10.00  and  not  more  than  $20.00,  or  imprison- 
ment not  longer  than  sixty  days,  for  their  failure  to  remove 
as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  703. — Obstructing  Streets  with  Boxes,  Vehicles,  Etc., 
Forbidden.  Penalty. — No  person  shall  deposit,  place  or  put,  nor 
suffer  to  be  deposited,  placed  or  put,  by  any  person  or  persons 
in  his  or  her  employ,  any  vehicles  of  any  description  nor  any 
goods,  wares,  firewood,  empty  boxes,  casks,  or  other  obstruction 
in  any  of  the  streets  of  this  city  in  such  manner  as  shall  obstruct 
the  free  passage  and  use  of  any  street,  or  annoy  any  person 
using  any  such  street;  provided,  that  this  Section  shall  not  be 
so  construed  as  to  prohibit  the  use  of  the  streets  for  the  neces- 
sary reception  or  delivery  of  any  firewood,  goods,  wares  or  mer- 
chandise. And  any  person  violating  this  Section  shall  be 
punished  by  fine  of  not  more  than  $30.00,  or  imprisonment  not 
longer  than  sixty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  704. — Regulating  the  Construction  of  Gates.  Penalty. — 
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  owning 
or  in  charge  of,  as  agent  or  otherwise,  any  yard,  lot  or  enclosure, 
to  hang  or  cause  to  be  hung  or  allow  to  be  hung  any  gate,  which 
upon  being  opened  or  closed  shall  swing  upon  or  across  any 
street,  sidewalk  or  any  portion  thereof  in  the  City  of  Columbus, 
and  any  violations  of  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be 
deemed  and  held  to  constitute  disorderly  conduct  and  subject  the 
offender  upon  conviction  thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  to  a 
fine  of  not  more  than  $5.00,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  five 
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days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  for  each 
day  such  gate  shall  be  permitted  to  remain  in  violation  of  this 
Section. 

SEC.  705. — Prohibiting  the  Tearing  up  of  Paved  Streets. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corpo- 
ration to  cut,  tear  up  or  otherwise  injure  any  pavement  con- 
structed upon  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  for  the  laying  of  water  pipes,  gas  pipes,  or  for  any 
other  purpose,  for  a period  of  five  years  from  the  time  such 
pavement  is  laid  or  constructed;  provided,  that  such  pavement 
may  be  torn  up  to  repair  pipes  already  laid  in  said  streets 
whenever  necessary  to  do  so;  provided,  further,  that  such  pave- 
ment may  be  torn  up  for  the  purpose  of  putting  in  sewer,  gas  or 
water  connections  in  buildings  by  and  with  the  consent  and 
approval  of  the  Street  Committee  of  Council  upon  proper  ap- 
plication made  for  that  purpose;  said  pavement  to  be  torn  up  and 
removed  and  also  repaired  and  replaced  under  the  supervision 
and  direction  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  and  at  the 
expense  of  the  person  or  persons  having  such  connection  made. 
Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section  upon  con- 
viction thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  $10.00  nor  more  than  $100,  or  imprisonment 
of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  sixty  days,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder. 

SEC.  706. — Pavements.  Protection  of.  Penalty. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  cut,  tear  up  or 
otherwise  injure  any  pavement  now  or  hereafter  constructed 
upon  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  of  the  city,  for  the  laying  of 
water  pipes,  gas  pipes,  or  for  any  other  purpose  for  a period  of 
five  years  from  the  time  any  such  pavement  is  laid  or  con- 
structed. Provided,  that  such  pavement  may  be  torn  up  to 
repair  pipes,  cables  or  conduits  already  laid  in  said  streets 
whenever  necessary  to  do  so,  said  pavement  to  be  repaired  and 
replaced  by  the  Superintendent  of  Pubilc  Works,  and  at  the 
expense  of  the  party  or  parties  having  such  repairs  made.  Any 
person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be  punished 
by  a fine  of  not  less  than  $10.00,  nor  more  than  $100,  and  impris- 


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onment  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  sixty  days,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  707. — Danger  Signals  on  Obstructions,  Etc.  Failure  to 
Place.  Penalty. — No  person  or  persons  shall  place  or  leave  on 
or  in  any  street,  alley,  lane,  sidewalk  or  public  way  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  any  building  materials,  piles  of  dirt,  sand, 
lime,  wood,  trash,  debris  of  any  kind,  or  any  boxes  of  merchan- 
dise, wheel  barrows,  wagons,  drays,  vehicles  of  any  kind  or 
other  obstructions  of  any  kind  whatsoever,  or  ditches,  sewers, 
holes  or  other  excavations  or  obstructions  which  are  or  may  be 
calculated  to  obstruct  travel,  or  the  free  use  of  the  streets,  lanes, 
alleys,  sidewalks,  and  public  ways  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
or  which  would  likely  cause  injury  or  damage  to  any  person 
traveling  on  or  over  such  street,  lane,  or  alley,  sidewalk  or  public 
way  at  night,  unless  such  person  so  placing  or  leaving  such 
obstruction  shall,  during  the  time  such  obstruction  remains, 
place  or  cause  to  be  placed  or  hung  up  or  fixed  securely  on  a 
post  or  otherwise,  a lamp  or  lantern  with  good  and  sufficient 
light  therein  at  each  of  the  two  corners  of  such  obstruction  or  in 
such  manner  as  clearly  and  plainly  to  show  the  place  and  extent 
occupied  by  such  materials  or  obstructions.  The  person  so 
placing  or  leaving  or  causing  to  be  placed  or  left,  any  such 
obstructions  at  any  of  the  places  aforesaid,  or  the  owners  or 
proprietors  of  such  material,  shall  light  or  cause  to  be  lighted 
such  lamp  or  lantern  at  or  before  dark  in  the  evening  in  such 
manner  as  to  reasonably  suppose  it  shall  continue  to  burn  until 
day  light  and  said  lamp  or  lantern  shall  have  a red  color  or 
covered  so  as  to  cast  a red  light.  Any  one  violating  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Section  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  .$25.00,  or 
be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder.  Provided,  further,  that  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to 
that  portion  of  the  side  park  in  front  of  the  Seventh  Street  Public 
School  yard.  Provided,  further, that  the  provisions  of  this  Section 
shall,  in  no  case,  apply  to  vehicles  of  any  kind  in  daily  use;  and, 
provided,  further,  that  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  any 
articles  of  merchandise  or  implements  of  trade  used  by  any  of 
the  merchants  or  dealers  of  the  City  of  Columbus  for  the  purpose 
of  an  advertisement  and  shall  not  apply  to  signs  of  any  business 


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man,  or  firm,  or  display  of  goods,  or  merchandise,  etc.,  upon  the 
streets  of  said  city  when  the  same  are  used  in  a reasonable 
manner  and  amount  to  be  judged  by  the  Mayor.  Provided, 
further,  that  this  Section  shall  in  no  case  apply  to  tools,  imple- 
ments or  materials,  the  property  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and 
temporarily  placed  in  the  streets  or  public  ways  by  employees 
of  said  city  while  engaged  in  work  on  said  streets  or  public 
ways. 

SEC.  708. — Signs  Over  Sidewalks.  Penalty.  Regulations  as  to 
Electrical  or  Metal  Signs. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
hang  or  to  allow  to  remain  hanging  or  in  any  manner  suspended 
over  any  of  the  sidewalks  or  streets  of  Columbus  any  sign,  sign 
board  or  other  object  of  like  character,  other  than  as  hereinafter 
specified,  where  if  the  same  shall  fall  it  would  fall  on  such  side- 
walks ‘or  street  and  all  property  owners,  tenants  of  the  same, 
shall  remove  from  their  premises  all  signs,  sign  boards,  or  other 
objects  of  like  character,  other  than  those  hereinafter  specified, 
which  are  immediately  over  such  sidewalks  or  streets;  provided, 
however,  that  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  signs  that  are 
or  may  be  attached  securely  face  to  face  with  the  fronts  of 
buildings,  nor  to  signs  securely  attached  to  buildings,  provided, 
the  lower  edge  of  such  signs  shall  not  be  less  than  9 feet  above 
the  sidewalk;  and,  provided,  that  the  outer  edge  of  said  sign  or 
their  supports  shall  not  project  a greater  distance  than  thirty- 
six  inches  beyond  the  property  line,  nor  to  signs  placed  in 
position  by  the  City  of  Columbus  for  the  purpose  of  designating 
names  of  streets  and  avenues  or  for  the  purpose  of  warning  the 
public  of  danger  nor  to  signs  not  more  than  ten  inches  square 
attached  for  the  purpose  of  warning  the  public  of  danger,  nor  to 
signs  not  more  than  ten  inches  square  attached  to  trolley  poles 
for  the  purpose  of  designating  street  car  stations. 

Provided,  further,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  person,  firm, 
or  corporation  to  erect  and  maintain  over  any  sidewalk,  across 
streets,  avenues  or  alleys  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia, 
electric  illuminating  signs  as  hereinafter  prescribed  in  this 
Section  and  for  the  purpose  of  this  Section  an  electric  illumi- 
nating sign  is  hereby  declared  to  be  any  sign  constructed  as 
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(1.)  Signs  of  which  all  or  any  part  of  each  letter  is  made 
of  metal,  no  wood  being  used  in  the  construction  of  the  electric 
letter  proper,  letters  being  studded  in  full  outline  with  electric 
lights.  Signs  with  transparent  illuminated  letters,  or  having  a 
border  of  incandescent  lamps,  but  no  sign  shall  have  less  than 
one  lamp  for  every  one  and  one-half  square  feet  of  sign  surface. 
To  this  class  of  signs  may  be  attached  the  name  of  the  firm  or 
a brief  description  of  the  business  which  may  consist  of  either 
raised  or  printed  letters  on  panels;  provided,  panels  are  made 
a part  of  the  sign  rigidly  attached  thereto  and  incorporated  in 
the  sign,  and  to,  provided,  this  addition  does  not  come  within 
ten  feet  of  the  pavement,  as  provided  in  this  Section;  and,  pro- 
vided, that  the  entire  sign  surface  of  which  this  addition  is  to  be 
a part  meets  the  requirements  of  one  lamp  for  every  one  and 
one-half  square  feet  of  sign  surface. 

(2.)  Any  solid  metal  sign  with  border  or  electric  lights  no  less 
than  one  lamp  for  every  one  and  one-half  square  feet  of  sign 
surface.  All  signs  to  be  wired  in  accordance  with  the  rules 
of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  and  in  conformity 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

(3.)  Any  sign  with  transparent  letters  or  in  itself  a trans- 
parency shall  be  closed  absolutely  waterproof  on  the  top  side 
and  must  be  entirely  open  at  the  bottom,  constructed  in  a 
batter  of  one  inch  to  four  inches,  and  that  the  entire  sign  surface 
shall  be  constructed  as  one  side  of  sign,  as  one  lamp  serves  in 
this  case  both  sides  for  illuminating. 

Signs  erected  by  authority  of  this  Section  and  overhanging  any 
sidewalk  must  be  placed  at  least  ten  feet  above  the  sidewalk  and 
may  extend  twelve  feet  across  same,  and  no  such  signs  shall  com- 
mence at  a greater  distance  than  three  feet  from  building 
measuring  from  the  side  of  the  sign  nearest  the  building  while 
perpindicular  signs  may  be  set  from  the  building  to  be  clear  from 
any  window  and  that  both  sides  of  all  horizontal  and  perpen- 
dicular signs  must  be  equally  illuminated  where  they  project  over 
the  street  or  sidewalk  as  above  described  and  signs  erected  by 
authority  of  this  Section  must  be  fully  illuminated  each  and 
every  night  from  dusk  until  the  hour  of  ten  o’clock  P.  M.,  or 


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longer,  and  on  failure  to  comply  with  the  said  Section  the  city 
shall  cause  these  signs  to  be  removed  at  the  owner’s  expense. 
All  signs  erected  across  streets,  alleys  or  other  public  highways 
shall  be  at  least  ten  feet  above  the  ground  and  all  lamps  or  arc 
lamps  on  arms  or  otherwise  over  the  sidewalks  shall  be  con- 
structed as  an  illuminating  sign. 

(d.)  All  persons,  firms  or  corporations  erecting  signs  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  first  obtain  a written  permit 
to  do  so  from  the  proper  authorities,  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works,  and  the  electrical  construction  of  the  same  to  be  in- 
spected and  approved  by  the  proper  authorized  electrical  in- 
spector before  being  put  off  the  ground. 

(e.)  If  at  any  time  any  of  the  signs  erected  under  this  Section 
shall  become  defective,  unsafe  and  dangerous  to  the  public  the 
same  shall  be  repaired  or  adjusted  at  the  expense  of  the  owner 
in  such  manner  as  may  be  dictated  by  the  Building  Inspector. 

(f.)  All  persons,  firms  or  corporations  erecting,  using  and 
maintaining  signs  shall  save  the  city  harmless  from  all  damages 
arising  from  erection,  use  and  maintenance  of  the  same. 

(g.)  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any  portion  of 
this  Section  shall  be  guilty  of  disorderly  conduct  and  subject  to  a 
fine  of  from  $1.00  to  $75.00,  or  imprisonment  of  not  less  than 
live  days  or  more  than  sixty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  709. — Tapping  Sewers  Regulated.  Penalty  for  Violating. 
— No  person  shall  tap  any  main  sewer  in  the  City  of  Columbus  or 
in  any  manner  connect  any  waste  or  water  pipe,  drain  or  sewer 
for  any  purpose  without  the  consent  of  the  Mayor  and  Council, 
or  of  some  Committee  of  Council  duly  authorized  to  grant  per- 
mission to  tap  or  connect  with  such  sewer. 

SEC.  710. — Tapping  Sewers.  Expense  of. — No  permission  to 
tap  or  connect  with  any  sewer  shall  be  granted  to  any  person 
except  the  said  connection  shall  be  made  at  the  expense  of 
the  person  obtaining  such  permission,  and  without  the  same 
being  done  under  the  supervision  of  a competent  mechanic  and 
without  expense  to  the  city.  Any  person  violating  either  of 


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the  two  preceding  Sections  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  $20.00, 
or  imprisoned  not  longer  than  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  711. — Protection  of  Parks.  Injury  to  Grass  and  Shrub- 
bery. Trespassing.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son or  persons  to  walk,  ride  or  drive  in,  upon,  over  or  through,  or 
to  engage  in  the  playing  of  any  game  of  ball  or  other  sports;  or 
drive  any  cattle  or  stock  of  any  kind  in,  over  or  upon;  or  to  take, 
cut,  abuse  or  in  any  way  injure  or  damage  any  of  the  trees, 
fences,  grass,  flowers  or  other  shrubbery;  or  to  sweep  or  throw 
any  trash  or  litter  of  any  kind,  or  in  any  manner  trespass  upon 
the  city  park  known  as  the  “Court  House  Park”  in  said  City  of 
Columbus,  or  upon  any  of  the  side  parks  or  center  parks  to  any 
of  the  streets  or  avenues  of  said  city.  Provided,  however, 
that  any  person  may  walk,  ride  or  drive  through  any  of  said 
parks  upon  the  regular  walk  ways  and  driveways  for  that 
purpose.  And,  provided,  further,  that  the  provisions  of  this 
Section  shall  not  apply  to  children  under  ten  years  of  age  or 
nurses  with  children,  nor  effect  driving  or  riding  over  or  upon 
any  of  the  side  parks  by  any  person  in  front  of  their 
respective  residence  for  the  purpose  of  ingress  or  egress  into  or 
upon  the  premises  of  such  person.  And,  provided,  further,  that 
the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  any  carts  or 
wagons  used  by  the  city  in  delivering  dirt,  rock  or  other  prop- 
erty into  abutting  property  or  in  connection  with  any  grading, 
curbing,  paving  or  any  repairs  or  other  improvements  to  any  of 
the  streets,  sidewalks  and  parks  of  the  city  and  to  drays  deliv- 
ering coal  or  other  property  into  the  court  house  or  other 
property  belonging  to  the  city. 

SEC.  712. — Parks.  Protection  of.  Regulations.  Penalties. — 
Any  person  who  shall  pass  through  or  over  any  of  the  streets, 
roads  or  grounds  of  the  park  with  any  wagon  or  any  vehicle  of 
like  kind,  except  for  purpose  of  health  or  pleasure,  shall  be 
fined  not  exceeding  $10.00,  or  confined  in  the  guard  house  or 
upon  the  chaingang  not  exceeding  ten  days,  at  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder.  • 

SEC.  713. — Disorderly  Conduct  in  Parks. — Any  person  who 
shall  be  guilty  of  any  disorderly  or  indecent  conduct  within  the  - 


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limits  of  the  park  or  so  near  thereto  as  to  disturb  or  annoy  any 
visitors  within  the  park,  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  $25.00,  or 
confined  in  the  guard  house  or  upon  the  chaingang  not  exceeding 
twenty-five  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  714. — Reckless  Driving  in  Parks.  Penalty. — Any  person 
who  may  ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  other  animal  at  a dangerous 
gait  through  or  over  any  portion  of  the  park  shall  be  fined  not 
exceeding  $5.00,  or  confined  in  the  guard  house  or  upon  the 
chaingang  not  exceeding  five  days,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  715. — Injuring  or  Defacing  Property  in  Park.  Penalty — 
Any  person  who  shall  deface,  mutilate,  injure  or  destroy  any 
fence,  gate  or  seat  or  other  structure  that  may  be  erected  in 
or  around  or  upon  any  portion  of  the  park,  or  shall  break, 
injure  or  destroy  any  flowers,  shrubs  or  trees  growing  in  or  upon 
the  park,  or  shall  injure,  deface  or  destroy  any  other  property 
connected  with,  or  belonging  to  the  park  shall  be  fined  not 
exceeding  $5.00,  or  confined  in  the  guard  house  or  upon  the 
chaingang  not  exceeding  five  days,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  716. — Court  House  Park.  Protection  of.  “City  Park.” — 
The  court  house  square,  so  far  as  the  rights  and  interests  of  the 
city  is  concerned,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  set  apart  and 
devoted  to  be  known  as  the  “City  Park”  for  the  use,  benefit 
and  enjoyment  of  the  public,  and  as  the  County  of  Muscogee  has 
an  undivided  interest  in  this  square,  the  County  Commissioners 
are  hereby  invited  and  requested  to  join  with  the  city  in  making 
such  dedication  and  also  furnishing  the  necessary  means  for 
carrying  out  the  objects  of  this  Section. 

SEC.  717. — Appropriations  to  City  Park. — That  for  the  purpose 
of  beautifying  and  adorning  the  same,  as  also  is  provided  for 
the  comfort  and  enjoyment  of  the  visitors  thereto,  a sum  of  not 

exceeding  $ is  hereby  appropriated 

to  be  expended  under  the  dfrection  and  supervision  of  the 
Street  Committee  and  of  such  persons  as  the  Committee  may 
see  proper  to  appoint;  and  if  the  County  Commissioners  see 


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proper  to  act  in  the  premises,  then  the  said  Committee  is 
directed  to  consult  and  advise  with  them  in  making  such  ex- 
penditures. 

SEC.  718. — Street  Parks. — The  Street  Committee  also  is  hereby 
authorized  to  grant  to  such  citizens  as  may  desire,  the  privilege  of 
enclosing  portions  of  such  streets  as  may  be  done  without  in- 
convenience to  the  public  to  be  used  as  private  parks  and  also 
to  regulate  such  enclosures  and  to  restrict  the  same  as  are  now 
established.  Provided,  no  expense  is  incurred  by  the  city;  and, 
provided,  further,  that  such  enclosures  now,  or  which  may  here- 
after be  made  shall  be  for  the  free  use  and  enjoyment  of  the 
public  with  no  restrictions  except  such  as  may  be  made  or 
authorized  by  Council. 

SEC.  719. — Disorderly  Conduct  in  Any  Park. — Any  person  who 
shall  be  guilty  of  any  disorderly  or  indecent  conduct  within  or 
near  any  of  said  parks,  or  who  shall  willfully  injure  any  of 
the  fences,  gates  or  seats,  trees  or  shrubs  belonging  thereto, 
or  shall  deface  or  injure  any  plant  or  flowers  or  grass,  when  laid 
out  and  planted  as  such,  by  walking,  riding  or  driving  thereon 
or  who  shall  ride  or  drive  on  the  walks  thereof  or  who  in  any 
other  manner  shall  so  act  as  to  annoy  the  frequenters  of  said 
parks  or  injure  any  of  the  property  or  grounds  belonging 
thereto  shall  be  punished  by  the  Recorder  by  fine  or  imprison- 
ment, or  both,  in  his  discretion. 

SEC.  720. — Building  Material  and  Shrubbery  in  Parks  only  by 
Consent  of  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. — It  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person  or  persons  to  use  any  part  or  portion  of  any  of 
the  aforesaid  parks  for  the  deposit  of  building  material  or  to 
plant  thereon  any  trees,  flowers  or  shrubbery;  or  to  place  or 
put  thereon  anything  for  ornamentation  without  the  consent  of 
the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  said  City  of  Columbus, 
and  when  by  such  consent  then  only  by  and  under  the  super- 
vision and  direction  of  the  Committee  on  Parks  and  Commons 
and  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  721. — Rubbish  or  Trash  in  Fountain  in  Park  Forbidden. — 
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  throw  any 
trash,  rock,  brick,  sticks  or  other  litter  or  articles  of  any  kind 


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at  or  into  the  fountain  or  basin  in  the  court  house  park,  or  to 
injure  or  in  any  manner  interfere  with  the  fish  contained  therein. 

SEC.  722. — Penalty  for  Violating  Any  of  the  Preceding  Sec- 
tions.— Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  either  of 
the  two  preceding  Sections  shall,  upon  conviction  in  the  Record- 
er’s Court,  be  fined  not  more  than  $5.00,  or  imprisoned  on  the 
chaingang  not  more  than  ten  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  723. — Discharging  Firearms  on  the  Streets.  Penalty. — 
No  person  shall  fire  any  gun  or  pistol  in  any  of  the  streets  or 
sidewalks  of  the  city,  or  in  any  of  the  lots  thereof,  nor  set  off 
any  fire  crackers  or  other  fire  works  nor  make  any  fire  in  any  of 
the  streets  or  sidewalks  thereof,  unless  by  permission  of  the 
Chief  of  Police;  provided,  however,  that  this  Section  shall  not 
apply  to  military  companies  upon  parade,  nor  be  in  force  upon 
such  public  holidays  as  Council  may  from  time  to  time  designate. 
Any  violation  of  the  foregoing  Section  shall  subject  the  offender 
to  punishment  by  fine  in  the  Recorder’s  Court  not  exceeding 
$50.00,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


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THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH. 

SECTION  724. — Moving  “Disease  Flags.”  Penalty. — It  shall 
be  unlawful  and  disorderly  conduct  for  any  person  to  remove 
from  any  place  any  flag  or  other  signal  indicating  the*  presence 
of  contagious  or  infectious  disease  which  has  been  erected  by 
the  Sanitary  Inspector  at  the  discretion  of  the  City  Physician 
or  Board  of  Health,  unless  permission  for  such  removal  shall 
first  have  been  obtained  from  the  City  Physician  or  Sanitary 
Inspector. 

SEC.  725. — Refusing  to  Allow  Posting  Flags. — It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person  to  refuse  to  allow  or  obstruct  the  placing 
or  erecting  of  any  flag  or  other  signal  indicating  contagious  or 


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infectious  disease,  after  the  same  shall  have  been  ordered  erected 
by  the  Board  of  Health  or  City  Physician. 

SEC.  726. — Escaping  from  Pest  House. — It  shall  be  disorderly 
conduct  and  unlawful  for  any  person,  after  having  been  confined 
in  the  pest  house,  or  camp  of  detention,  to  leave  the  same  with- 
out having  been  discharged  by  the  Board  of  Health,  or  the  City 
Physician  or  other  physician  in  charge. 

SEC.  727. — Penalty. — Any  person  violating  any  provision  of 
the  three  preceding  Sections,  or  either  of  them,  shall,  upon  con- 
viction thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  fined  not  less  than 
$1.00  nor  more  than  $50.00,  or  confined  at  hard  labor  on  the 
public  works  or  streets  of  the  city  not  less  than  one  nor  more 
than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  728. — Nuisances.  Curing  Hides  in  City.  Penalty. — No 
person  shall  cure  hides,  either  by  means  of  salt  or  otherwise,  at 
any  place  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city,  where  the 
same  may  be  offensive  to  any  of  the  citizens. 

SEC.  729. — Privies  and  Sinks. — No  person  shall  build,  have  or 
keep  any  privy,  nor  dig,  have,  or  keep  any  sink  or  pit  for  a privy 
within  four  feet  of  any  street  or  public  alley,  or  within  two 
feet  of  the  boundary  of  his,  her  or  their  lot.  No  person  shall 
keep  or  permit  any  privy  upon  any  of  their  premises,  or  of 
premises  under  their  care  or  occupancy,  in  a filthy  and  offensive 
condition. 

SEC.  730. — Standing  Water  and  Garbage  on  Premises. — No  per- 
son shall  allow  any  water  to  stand  in  any  cellar  or  upon  any 
part  of  any  premises  owned  by  them,  or  under  their  care  or 
occupancy;  nor  allow  any  decayed  or  decaying  vegetable  or 
animal  matter,  or  offensive  article  or  thing  whatever,  to  remain 
upon  any  such  premises,  either  owned  or  occupied  by  them  or 
under  their  care. 

SEC.  731. — Nuisances. — The  existence  of  any  of  the  things 
mentioned  in  the  three  foregoing  Sections  and  the  existence  of 
any  matter  or  thing  in  the  corporate  limits  of  this  city,  which 
shall  or  does  tend  to  the  immediate  annoyance  of  the  citizens  in 
general,  or  which  may  be  manifestly  injurious  to  the  public 
health  or  safety,  or  tend  to  corrupt  the  manners  and  morals  of 


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the  people,  or  any  considerable  portion  thereof,  shall  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a nuisance  and  may  be  abated 
as  such. 

SEC.  732. — Nuisances  Abated.  Duties  of  Recorder’s  Court. — 
Any  person  complaining  of  any  nuisance  shall  complain  to  the 
Recorder  in  writing,  setting  forth  particularly  the  location  and 
nature  of  the  same,  and  how  he  or  she  may  be  affected  thereby, 
whereupon  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Recorder  to  cause  the 
parties  creating  or  permitting  such  nuisance  to  be  summoned  to 
appear  before  the  Recorder’s  Court  as  in  other  cases.  After 
hearing  the  testimony  in  the  case,  the  Recorder  may,  in  his  dis- 
cretion, order  the  Chief  of  Police  to  proceed  within  a given  time 
to  abate  the  nuisance  in  such  manner  as  the  Recorder  may  pre- 
scribe. 

SEC.  733. — Penalty. — For  a violation  of  either  of  the  five 
preceding  Sections,  the  person  offending  shall  be  punished  by 
fine  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty 
days,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  734. — Stagnant  Water  on  Premises.  Penalty. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  between  the  first  day  of 
May  and  the  first  day  of  November  to  allow  any  open  vessel 
containing  water  to  be  exposed  in  such  manner  as  that  such 
water  will  become  stagnant  and  cause  the  breeding  and  propa- 
gation of  mosquitoes  on  premises  over  which  such  persons  have 
control,  unless  such  vessel  or  vessels  be  covered  with  wire 
netting  of  not  less  than  eighteen  wires  to  the  square  inch  or  some 
other  covering  which  will  prevent  mosquitoes  entering  or  escap- 
ing from  such  vessels;  and  any  person  violating  the  provisions 
of  this  Section  shall,  upon  conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court, 
be  fined  not  less  than  $5.00  nor  more  than  $25.00,  or  be  sentenced 
to  the  chaingang  or  confined  in  jail  for  not  less  than  ten  nor 
more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  735. — Water  Closets  and  Inspection  of.  Penalty. — It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  the  occupants  of  any  premises  in  which  a water- 
closet  has  been  placed,  or  may  hereafter  be  placed,  to  fail  to  have 
water  turned  on,  and  properly  connected  with  such  water 


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closets;  or  when  such  a closet  is  out  of  repair  and  good  order, 
to  fail  to  have  same  put  in  repair  and  good  order  without 
delay,  unless  such  delay  is  unavoidable;  or  to  fail  to  have  at 
all  times  toilet  paper  hanging  in  the  water  closet  so  as  to  be  in 
view  of,  and  accessible  to,  any  person  using  such  water  closets, 
and  only  such  toilet  paper  shall  be  used  in  such  closets.  That 
no  person  shall  be  permitted  to  connect  any  water  closet  with 
any  sewer  or  to  use  any  water  closet  that  may  be  already  so 
connected  unless  such  water  closets  and  sewer  have  both  con- 
nection with  a water  supply,  sufficient  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Sanitary  Inspector,  to  properly  flush  both  the  closet  and  sewer. 
That  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  Section, 
it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Sanitary  Inspector  to  inspect  all 
water  closets  and  their  connections  as  often  as  he  may  deem 
necessary;  provided,  the  same  is  done  in  the  day  time;  and  he 
or  any  police  officer  shall  summons  any  violator  of  this  Sec- 
tion before  the  Recorder.  A violation  of  this  Section  shall  con- 
stitute disorderly  conduct;  and  any  person  found  guilty  thereof 
in  the  Recorder’s  Court  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $50.00  nor 
less  than  $1.00,  or  imprisonment  in  the  guard  house  or  county 
jail  for  not  over  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  or  any  part  thereof, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  for  each  day  such  person  con- 
tinues to  violate  the  provisions  of  this  Section. 

SEC.  736. — Sinks  and  Surface  Closets.  Regulations.  Limits 
Defined.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have, 
use,  keep  or  maintain  a sink,  pit  or  surface  closet  upon  any  lot  or 
part  of  lot  fronting  a street  in  which  a city  sewer  is  located  or 
may  hereafter  be  located  and  also  within  all  that  area  of  the  City 
of  Columbus  embraced  within  the  following  boundaries: 

Commencing  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Chattahoochee  River  at 
the  intersection  of  Sixteenth  Street  and  running  thence  in  the 
center  of  Sixteenth  Street  to  a point  in  said  street  in  the  center  of 
the  intersection  of  said  street  and  First  Avenue;  thence  north  in 
the  center  of  First  Avenue  to  a point  in  the  center  of  the  inter- 
section of  First  Avenue  and  Eighteenth  Street;  thence  east  in  the 
center  of  Eighteenth  Street  to  the  center  of  Third  Avenue;  thence 
south  in  the  center  of  Third  Avenue  to  the  center  of  Sixteenth 
Street;  thence  east  in  the  center  of  Sixteenth  Street  to  the  center 


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of  Fifth  Avenue;  thence  south  in  the  center  of  Fifth  Avenue  to  the 
center  of  Thirteenth  Street;  thence  east  in  the  center  of  Thir- 
teenth Street  to  the  center  of  Sixth  Avenue;  thence  south  in  the 
center  of  Sixth  Avenue  to  the  center  of  Eleventh  Street;  thence 
west  in  the  center  of  Eleventh  Street  to  a point  midway  between 
Fifth  and  Sixth  Avenues;  thence  south  through  the  block  be- 
tween Fifth  and  Sixth  Avenues  to  the  center  of  Ninth  Street; 
thence  along  the  center  of  Ninth  Street  west  to  the  center  of 
Fourth  Avenue;  thence  south  along  the  center  of  Fourth  Avenue 
to  Seventh  Street;  thence  west  in  the  center  of  Seventh  Street 
to  Second  Avenue;  thence  south  along  the  center  of  Second 
Avenue  to  Fifth  Street;  thence  west  along  the  center  of  Fifth 
Street  to  Front  Street;  thence  north  along  the  center  of  Front 
Street  to  where  said  street  intersects  with  the  Chattahoochee 
River;  thence  up  said  river  on  the  eastern  bank  to  the  point  of 
beginning. 

It  shall  also  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  use,  have,  or  keep 
a sink,  pit  or  surface  closet,  on,  in,  or  upon  any  lot  or  part  of  lot 
within  the  limits  of  said  city  on  which  there  is  now  or  may 
hereafter  be  placed  a water  closet  and  drain  therefor,  leading  to 
any  street  drain  or  sewer. 

Any  person  either  owning,  or  renting  a lot,  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  Section  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  in  the 
Recorder’s  Court,  be  fined  not  more  than  $100,  or  punished  by 
imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  737. — Chickens  and  Fowls  on  Streets.  Penalty. — It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  chickens  or  other  domestic  fowls  to  be  allowed 
to  run  at  large  on  any  of  the  streets,  alleys  or  lanes  of  the  city 
in  all  of  that  territory  lying  south  of  Sixteenth  Street  and 
North  of  Eighth  Street  and  west  of  Sixth  Avenue  to  First  Ave- 
nue, or  within  one  block  of  Linwood  cemetery,  and  the  owners 
thereof  are  required  to  keep  them  confined  and  on  their  own 
premises.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  hereof  shall, 
upon  cohviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  fined  not  more  than 
$5.00,  or  be  confined  in  the  guard  house  not  over  ten  days, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


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SEC.  738. — Requiring  Screen  Doors  at  Market  to  be  Kept 
Closed.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  renter  of  any  stall 
at  the  meat  market  or  any  person  in  charge  of  any  stall  in  said 
meat  market  to  keep  open  the  gates  or  screen  doors  of  any  stall  in 
their  charge  during  market  hours,  between  the  tirst  day  of  May 
and  the  first  day  of  November  of  each  year.  And  any  person 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
fined  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $5.00,  or  sentenced  to 
work  on  the  chaingang  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  days, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  739. — Meats  from  Butcher  Pens.  Protected  by  Covers. 
Penalty. — Butchers  and  all  other  parties  bringing  or  conveying 
fresh  meats  into  this  city  from  butcher  pens  or  other  places 
shall  be  required  to  keep  same  carefully  and  securely  covered 
with  tarpaulins  of  clean  white  sheets  in  order  that  said  meats 
cannot  be  reached  by  sand  or  flies  and  for  each  and  every  viola- 
tion of  this  Section,  the  offender  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not 
less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $10.00,  or  be  confined  at  labor  on 
the  city  chaingang  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  thirty  days, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  740. — Selling  Tainted  Fish,  Meats,  Vegetables  and  Foods 
Forbidden.  Penalty. — -It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  offer  for  sale  or  place  on  counter  or  such  places  as  they 
are  usually  offered  for  sale,  any  meats,  fish,  vegetables  or  any 
other  articles  of  food  as  may  be  found  tainted  or  unfit  for  whole- 
some food.  Any  person  violating  this  Section  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $30.00,  or  required  to  serve  not 
more  than  twenty  days  on  the  chaingang,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 


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PROTECTION  FROM  FIRE. 

SECTION  741. — Combustible  Material.  Accumulation  in  Cel- 
lars, Yards  and  Alleys  Forbidden.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful for  any  person  to  allow  combustible  trash,  such  as  boxes. 


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loose  straw,  paper  and  any  such  like  material  to  accumulate  in 
any  cellar  or  building  within  the  city  of  the  premises  of  back 
yard  adjoining  or  near  any  building  within  the  city.  When  any 
such  accumulation  of  combustible  material  shall  be  found  as 
provided  in  the  above  paragraph  so  as  to  endanger  any  building, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  or  any 
member  of  the  police  force  to  direct  the  owner  or  occupant  of 
such  premises  to  remove  the  same,  and  if  same  shall  not  be 
done  within  a reasonable  time,  not  to  exceed  three  days,  upon 
conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court  of  such  failure  or  refusal 
and  of  the  fact  of  the  existing  of  such  unlawful  and  dangerous 
combustible  material,  such  person  so  convicted  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $50.00,  or  be  sentenced  to  work 
on  the  city  chaingang  not  over  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  742. — Oils.  Failure  to  Store.  Penalty. — Be  it  ordained , * 
That  all  explosive  oils,  such  as  kerosene  oil,  camphene,  etc., 
which  may  be  brought  to  the  city,  shall,  by  the  owner  or  con- 
signee thereof,  be  conveyed  to  the  city  store  house  as  soon  as 
practicable  after  its  arrival.  Persons  desiring  of  retailing  any  of 
the  aforesaid  oils,  shall  keep  not  more  than  two  barrels  of  each 
in  store  at  one  time — one  barrel  on  tap  and  one  barrel  closed. 
Persons  failing  or  refusing  to  store  said  oils,  as  required,  for  the 
space  of  two  days  after  receipt  of  same,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  $10.00  for  each  day  they  so  fail  or  refuse. 

SEC.  743. — Storage  of  Paints,  Oils,  Etc.,  in  Cellars,  for  Retail- 
ing. Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  one  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  said  city  to  store  paints,  oils,  varnishes,  tur- 
pentine, benzine,  gasoline,  or  similar  articles  of  inflammable 
character,  for  the  purpose  of  selling  the  same  at  retail,  in  any 
cellar  of  any  store  house  in  said  city.  Any  person  or  persons 
violating  this  Section  shall  be  fined  in  a sum  not  exceeding 
$50.00,  or  confined  upon  the  public  works  of  said  city  not  exceed- 
ing thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  744. — Fire  Works.  Unlawful  Storage  of.  Penalty. — It 
shall  be  unlawful  to  store  or  keep  on  hand,  other  than  at  the 
magazine,  any  fire  works,  such  as  fire  crackers,  roman  candles, 


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sky  rockets,  torpedoes,  or  other  similar  explosives,  in  quantities 
greater  than  .$25.00  in  value,  between  the  first  day  of  January 
and  the  first  day  of  December,  except  that  persons,  firms  or  cor- 
porations, who  sell  such  fire  works  may  keep  such  pt  their  places 
of  business  to  supply  the  retail  trade  from  the  fifteenth  day  of 
October  to  the  first  day  of  January  in  each  year.  The  rate  of 
charges  for  storage  of  fire  works  in  the  city  magazine  shall  be 
one  per  cent,  upon  the  value  thereof  for  the  first  month  and  half 
of  one  per  cent  for  each  the  second  and  third  months,  and  one- 
tenth  of  one  per  cent,  for  each  succeeding  month  the  same 
remains  at  the  magazine.*  The  keeper  of  the  magazine  shall 
make  a monthly  report  to  Council  of  all  sums  collected  and  the 
amount  and  value  of  all  fire  works  stored  in  the  city  magazine. 
For  a violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  the  person  so 
convicted  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  more  than  $50.00, 
or  imprisonment  and  labor  on  the  city  chaingang  of  not  more 
than  sixty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 


CHAPTER  7 6. 


THE  PUBLIC  SAFETY. 

SECTION  745. — Bridges.  Rules  of  Travel.  Protection  of. 
Penalties. — No  person  crossing  the  bridge  with  one  or  more 
horses  or  mules  or  horse  or  mule  and  vehicle,  shall  cause  them  to 
go  faster  than  a walk;  any  person  so  offending  shall,  on  convic- 
tion in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less 
than  $20.00  or  more  than  $30.00,  or  imprisoned  not  longer  than 
sixty  days. 

SEC.  746. — Locomotives  and  Cars.  Permits  to  Cross. — No  car- 
riage or  vehicle  of  any  kind  or  any  locomotive  or  railroad  car 
which,  when  empty  or  loaded,  in  the  whole  or  in  part  is  of  more 
weight  than  8,000  pounds,  shall  be  allowed  to  pass  the  bridges 
without  a special  permit  from  the  Bridge  Committee.  Any 
persons  so  offending  shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  fine  not 
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exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  sixty  days,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  747. — Injuring  Bridges  or  Bridge  Keeper’s  House. — Any 
person  convicted  of  committing  an  injury  or  damage  to  the 
bridge  or  the  bridge  keeper’s  house  or  any  of  the  appurtenances 
of  the  bridge,  shall  be  fined  $50.00.  Any  person  putting  out  any 
of  the  lights  in  the  bridge  or  defacing  any  part  of  the  bridge  or 
in  any  way  obstructing  or  hindering  the  free  passage  of  the 
same,  by  stopping  any  vehicle  upon  it,  or  in  any  other  way,  shall 
be  fined  $20.00,  or  imprisoned  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  748. — Speed  Regulations.  Notice  Posted. — There  shall  be 
posted  in  a conspicuous  place  upon  said  bridge  a notice  in  black 
letters  at  each  end  of  the  same  as  follows:  “Twenty  dollars 

fine  for  going  faster  than  a walk.” 

SEC.  749. — No  Tolls.  Bridges  Free. — The  bridges  are  hereby 
made  free. 

SEC.  750. — Bridges.  Policeman  at. — The  policeman  at  each 
bridge  shall  watch  over  the  respective  bridges  and  report  any 
repairs  needed  to  the  Mayor  and  Committee  on  Bridges;  and  all 
laws  for  the  protection  of  said  bridges  shall  remain  in  force. 

SEC.  751. — Inspection  of  Bridges. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  Marshal  and  Chief  of  Police  to 
inspect,  or  cause  to  be  inspected,  each  bridge  once  a month  and 
make  a report  of  the  condition  of  said  bridges  in  writing  to 
Council  each  month. 

SEC.  752. — Driving  Over  Bridges  Faster  Than  a Walk.  Penalty. 

— Any  person  crossing  any  bridge  across  the  Chattahoochee 
River  faster  than  a walk,  who  is  either  riding  any  animal  or 
driving  any  vehicle  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  in  the  Re- 
corder’s Court,  be  fined  not  more  than  $20.00  nor  less  than  $1.00, 
or  be  confined  not  more  than  twenty  days,  nor  less  than  one  day 
on  the  public  works  of  the  city,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  753. — Crossing  Railroad  Trestle.  Penalty. — Any’  person 
who  may  cross  or  attempt  to  cross  any  railway  trestle  in  the  City 


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of  Columbus  shall  be  guilty  of  disorderly  conduct  of  which  the 
Recorder’s  Court  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  have  juris- 
diction, and  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or 
imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days.  The  provisions  of  this 
Section  shall  not  apply  in  any  case  where  the  railroad  authori- 
ties in  pursuance  of  their  respective  business  make  use  of  either 
of  said  trestles. 

SEC.  754. — Prohibiting  Crossing  Railroad  Bridges.  Penalty. — 

Any  person  who  may  cross  or  attempt  to  cross  any  railway 
bridge  in  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  be  guilty  of  disorderly  con- 
duct, of  which  the  Recorder’s  Court  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
shall  have  jurisdiction,  and  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceed- 
ing $30.00,  or  imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days.  The 
provisions  of  this  Section  shall  not  apply  in  any  case  where  the 
railroad  authorities,  in  the  pursuance  of  their  respective  busi- 
ness, make  use  of  either  of  said  bridges. 

SEC.  755. — Automobiles.  Regulating  the  Use  of  and  Similar 
Machines  Within  the  City.  Penalty. — The  term  “automobiles” 
as  used  in  this  Section  shall  include  all  machines  or  vehicles 
known  as  automobiles,  locomobiles,  autos,  and  all  other  ma- 
chines and  vehicles  propelled  otherwise  than  by  muscular 
power,  except  electric  and  steam  railways  or  vehicles  run  upon 
rails  or  tracks.  All  automobiles  or  other  similar  machines  used 
upon  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus  shall  be  by  their 
respective  owners  registered  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
City  Council  of  Columbus  on  the  first  day  of  January  of  each 
year  in  a book  to  be  kept  by  said  Clerk  for  that  purpose,  which 
registry  shall  show  the  style  or  kind  of  machine,  the  name  of 
the  owner,  and  the  number  assigned  to  the  owner  to  be  attached 
to  or  displayed  on  such  automobile  which  number  shall  be 
designated  and  assigned  by  the  Clerk  of  Council  in  each  case.  A 
certificate  of  registry  shall  be  given  by  said  Clerk  to  such  owner 
for  each  current  year  and  no  automobile  or  any  similar 
machine  shall  be  operated  or  used  upon  the  streets  of  the  City 
of  Columbus  until  the  same  shall  have  been  registered  as  herein 
required,  and  unless  the  person  so  operating  said  machine  shall 
display  upon  the  rear  of  the  frame  of  said  machine,  securely 


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attached  thereto,  the  registered  number  conspicuously  shown 
in  figures  of  not  less  than  three  inches  in  height  and  three- 
eighths  of  an  inch  in  width,  which  figures  shall  be  so  colored 
as  to  contrast  with  the  color  of  the  machine  and  be  readily  dis- 
cernable.  Automobiles  already  numbered  shall  retain  the  number 
assigned  at  previous  registration.  The  owner  of  each  auto- 
mobile or  similar  machine  shall  pay  to  the  Clerk  of  Council  $1.00 
for  each  certificate  of  registration  and  recording  the  number  of 
said  automobile  or  similar  machine.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
any  person  or  persons  using  automobiles  or  similar  machine 
upon  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus  to  proceed  carefully 
and  cautiously  and  to  operate,  handle,  guide  and  manage  said 
machine  so  as  to  avoid  damage  to  persons  or  property;  and  the 
speed  of  said  machine  in  no  event  shall  exceed  ten  miles  an 
hour  in  the  fire  limits  and  fifteen  miles  an  hour  in  other 
portions  of  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  and 
shall  be  less  than  said  rate  when  because  of  the  presence  of 
vehicles  or  persons  on  the  streets,  or  other  cause  reasonable 
prudence  and  caution  shall  dictate  a slower  rate  of  speed,  it 
being  the  intent  of  this  Section  to  prohibit  at  all  times  a speed 
that  is  rendered  careless  by  the  condition  existing  at  the  moment, 
although  the  speed  may  be  within  the  maximum  limit  therein 
provided.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  use  or  pro- 
pel on  any  street  in  the  City  of  Columbus  after  nighfall  any 
automobiles  or  similar  machines  unless  such  person  shall  dis- 
play attached  to  said  machine  at  least  two  lighted  lamps  showing 
white  light  visible  at  least  two  hundred  feet  in  the  direction  in 
which  said  automobile  is  proceeding  and  shall  also  exhibit  one 
red  light  in  the  rear  of  said  machine  showing  red  to  the  rear 
and  a white  light  cast  upon  the  number  attached  to  the  rear 
frame  of  said  automobile. 

No  person  shall  operate  upon  the  the  streets  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  any  automobile  or  similar  machine  unless  said  ma- 
chine is  properly  equipped  with  good  brakes  and  signal  service. 
Every  person  in  charge  of  any  automobile  or  similar  machine 
shall  sound  a horn  or  proper  signal  when  approaching  street 
crossings  and  when  turning  from  one  corner  to  another.  Every 
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and  keep  to  the  right  hand  side  of  the  street  and  use  all  reason- 
able precautions  to  avoid  collisions  and  injury  to  persons  and 
property.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  under  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  or  any  intoxicated  person  or  persons  under  the 
influence  of  intoxicants  to  operate  any  automobile  or  similar 
vehicle  on  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

No  automobile  or  similar  vehicle  shall  be  run  on  any  bridge 
in  the  City  of  Columbus  at  a greater  rate  of  speed  than  three 
miles  an  hour  and  should  any  person  operating  said  automobile 
or  similar  machine,  while  on  any  bridge  or  street  of  the  City 
of  Columbus,  discover  any  animal  hitched  to  any  vehicle  taking 
fright  at  the  approach  of  said  machine,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
person  operating  such  machine  to  bring  the  same  to  an  imme- 
diate stop  until  all  danger  of  accident  is  averted.  It  shall  like- 
wise be  the  duty  of  any  person  operating  any  automobile  or  simi- 
lar machine  to  stop  when  signaled  by  any  police  officer  of  said 
city  raising  his  club  or  when  ordered  so  to  do  by  any  police 
officer  of  the  City  of  Columbus. 

In  case  of  the  operation  of  any  automobile  or  any  similar 
machine  upon  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Columbus  in  violation  of 
any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Section  the  person 
operating  the  same  shall  be  subject,  upon  conviction  before  the 
Recorder  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  to  a fine  not  to  exceed  $50.00, 
and  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  756. — Motorcycles.  Riding  on  Sidewalks  Forbidden. 
Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  ride  any 
bicycle  or  tricycle  which  is  propelled  by  a motor  of  any  de- 
scription upon  any  sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  but  it  shall 
be  unlawful  to  ride  such  vehicles  on  the  driveways  of  the  city 
without  a lamp.  And  upon  conviction  any  person  so  offending 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $10.00,  or  con- 
fined at  labor  on  the  city  chaingang  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  fifteen  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  757. — Automobiles  Without  Horn  and  Light  Forbidden. 
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for  any  person  to  use  an  automobile,  or  vehicle  of  like  character 
upon  any  street  in  the  city  of  Columbus  unless  the  same  be 
equipped  with  a bell  or  horn  and  with  a lamp  or  light.  It  shall 
also  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  leave  such  vehicle  standing 
on  any  street  in  said  city  with  its  motor  or  engine  in  motion. 
And  any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this  Section  shall, 
on  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $10.00, 
or  by  confinement  at  labor  on  the  city  chaingang  for  not  less 
than  five  nor  more  than  fifteen  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Recorder. 

.SEC.  758. — Bicycles.  Riding  on  Certain  Sidewalks  Prohibit- 
ed. Regulations.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  ride  a bicycle  on  any  sidewalk  in  the  city  embraced  in  the  fol- 
lowing territory  or  on  any  sidewalk  paved  or  hereafter  paved: 
Beginning  at  the  Chattahoochee  River  and  running  east  along  the 
center  of  Ninth  Street  to  Second  Avenue;  thence  north  along  the 
property  line  on  the  west  side  of  Second  Avenue  to  the  center 
of  Fifteenth  Street;  thence  west  to  the  river.  Also  the  sidewalks 
on  either  side  of  Twelfth  Street  between  Second  and  Sixth  Ave- 
nues; also  the  sidewalks  on  Hamilton  Avenue  between  Seven- 
teenth and  Twelfth  Streets;  provided,  that  this  clause  shall  only 
apply  to  persons  going  south  or  towards  Seventh  Street;  and 
upon  any  of  the  walks  leading  through  the  court  house  park; 
and  upon  Dillingham  Street  bridge  or  the  sidewalks  of  Four- 
teenth Street  bridge. 

SEC.  759. — Bicycle  Paths. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  ride  a bicycle  on  any  sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Columbus  where 
a bicycle  path  has  been  or  shall  hereafter  be  constructed 
parallel  with  and  on  the  same  side  of  the  street  as  is  said  side- 
walk. 

SEC.  760. — Bicycles  Without  Bells  or  Horns.  Penalty. — It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  ride  a bicycle  on  any  sidewalk 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  unless  the 
same  be  equipped  with  a horn  or  bell  and  with  a lighted  lamp 
at  night,  said  lamp  to  be  securely  attached  to  the  bicycle. 

SEC.  761. — Reckless  Riding. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  ride  a bicycle  in  the  City  of  Columbus  in  a careless  or 


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reckless  manner  or  at  a greater  rate  of  speed  than  eight  miles  an 
hour,  or  at  a greater  rate  of  speed  than  three  miles  an  hour 
when  meeting  or  passing  pedestrians. 

SEC.  762. — Penalty. — Any  person  violating  either  of  the  above 
and  foregoing  Sections  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  exceed- 
ing $10.00  or  less  than  $1.00,  or  be  confined  at  hard  labor  on  the 
city  chaingang  not  exceeding  ten  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  763. — Reckless  Driving  on  Streets.  Penalty. — No  person 
shall  ride  or  drive  in  the  street  in  a disorderly  manner  so  as 
to  endanger  the  person  or  property  of  any  person  in  this  city. 
And  any  person  violating  this  Section  shall  be  punished  by  fine 
not  exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisoned  not  longer  than  sixty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  764. — Fast  Driving  Near  Market.  Penalty. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  except  the  drivers  of  fire 
apparatus  responding  to  an  alarm  of  fire,  to  drive  or  ride  any 
horse  or  mule  faster  than  a walk  on  First  Avenue  between  Tenth 
and  Eleventh  Streets  during  market  hours;  and  any  person  or 
persons  offending  against  this  Section  shall,  upon  conviction  in 
the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  punished  by  fine  not  to  exceed  $50.00, 
or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  thirty  days. 

SEC.  765. — Excavations  in  Streets  or  Holes.  Penalty. — No 
person  shall  make  or  cause  to  be  made  any  hole  or  excavation 
in  any  of  the  streets  nor  haul  or  remove  any  dirt  from  any  of 
the  streets  of  this  city.  And  any  person  violating  this  Section 
shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisonment 
not  more  than  sixty  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  766. — Cellar  Doors. — It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  per- 
son or  persons  to  open  and  keep  their  cellar  doors  open  except 
when  they  are  opened  for  the  purpose  of  putting  in  or  taking 
out  merchandise,  etc.,  and  all  cellar  doors  shall  be  closed  at  sun- 
set and  if  opened  afterwards,  shall  have  a light  placed  at  the 
entrance  of  the  same.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police 
and  police  when  they  see  any  violation  of  this  Section  to  caution 
the  parties,  and  if  not  complied  with  immediately,  to  sum- 
mons the  offenders  before  the  Recorder’s  Court.  Any  person 


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violating  this  Section  shall  be  liable  to  a tine  not  exceeding 
$10.00,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  twenty  days  for  each 
offense  on  conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court. 

SEC.  767. — Breaking  Colts  on  Streets.  Penalty. — Any  person 
who  breaks  or  attempts  to  break  any  horse  or  mule  upon  the 
streets  shall,  upon  conviction  therefor,  be  fined  not  more  than 
$50.00,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  sixty  days,  as  the  Recorder, 
in  his  discretion,  may  inflict. 

SEC.  768. — Discharging  Fire  Works  on  Certain  Streets.  Penalty. 
— The  setting  off  of  any  sky  rockets,  roman  candles,  large  fire 
crackers,  torpedoes  or  balloons  at  any  place  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city,  except  north  of  Fourteenth  Street 
and  south  of  Ninth  Street  is  hereby  prohibited  during  the 
Christmas  holidays,  under  penalty  of  fine  not  exceeding  $30.00, 
or  imprisonment  not  longer  than  sixty  days,  at  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder,  and  the  police  are  especially  instructed  to  enforce 
this  prohibition. 


CHAPTER  77. 


MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

SECTION  769. — Building  Permits  for  Erecting,  Altering  or  Re- 
pairing. Failure.  Penalty. — When  any  person  or  persons,  firm 
or  corporation,  shall  be  desirous  of  erecting,  repairing,  changing, 
or  altering  any  building,  buildings  or  structures  within  the  fire 
limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  as  now  designated  or  that  may 
hereafter  be  designated  as  fire  limits,  he,  she,  they  or  it  shall 
make  application  at  the  office  of  Inspector  of  Buildings  for  a 
permit  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  furnish  said  Inspector  with  a 
written  statement  of  the  proposed  location,  dimensions  and 
manner  of  construction  of  the  proposed  building  or  structure 
and  the  materials  to  be  used;  and  with  plans  and  specifications 
of  the  proposed  building,  buildings  or  structure,  which  shall  be 
delivered  to  said  Inspector  of  Buildings  and  remain  in  his  cus- 
tody a sufficient  length  of  time  to  allow  the  necessary  examina- 
tion to  be  made  of  same;  and  if  required  by  the  Inspector,  a copy 


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of  said  plans  and  specifications  shall  be  fded  in  the  office  of  said 
Inspector  of  Buildings  for  record.  After  which,  if  it  shall  appear 
to  said  Inspector  of  Buildings  that  the  laws  and  Ordinances  of 
the  city  are  complied  with,  he  shall  give  the  permit  asked  for. 

Applications  for  permits  must  be  made  out  in  blank  forms 
furnished  at  the  office  of  the  Inspector  of  Buildings  and  shall 
describe  and  designate  the  location  of  the  proposed  building  or 
structure,  the  nature  and  character  of  building  materials  to  be 
used,  dimensions  of  joists  and  timbers  and  distances  apart, 
number  and  height  of  stories,  thickness  of  walls,  widths  of  bear- 
ing surface  of  foundations,  for  what  purpose  the  building,  build- 
ings or  structure  is  designed  and  such  other  information  as  may 
be  desired  or  required  by  the  said  Inspector.  Said  application 
must  also  contain  an  agreement  signed  by  the  owner  or  owners 
of  the  proposed  building,  buildings  or  structure,  or  by  his  or 
their  architect  or  agent,  stating  that  he  or  they  will  in  all  respects 
construct  the  work  in  accordance  with  the  detailed  statement, 
plans  and  specifications  accompanying  the  application  and  in 
compliance  with  the  laws  and  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Columbus. 

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall  fail,  refuse  or 
neglect  to  make  application  for  and  secure  permits  for  erecting, 
repairing,  changing  or  altering,  and  building  buildings  or  struct- 
ures as  provided  in  paragraphs  1 and  2 of  this  Section,  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  $2.00  nor  more  than  $20.00,  or  imprisoned  for 
not  longer  than  ten  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder. 

SEC.  770. — Regulating  the  Sale  of  Cold  Storage  Eggs.  Penalty. 
— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to 
sell  or  offer  for  sale  cold  storage  eggs  in  cases  or  other  recep- 
tacles unless  the  same  be  marked  in  large  letters  on  said  cases 
or  receptacles  the  words,  “Cold  Storage  Eggs,”  each  of  which 
said  letters  contained  in  the  words  “Cold  Storage  Eggs”  shall 
be  at  least  one  inch  square. 

All  persons,  firms  or  corporations  who  shall  sell  or  offer  for 
sale  to  the  general  public  cold  storage  eggs  not  marked  as  pre- 
scribed by  this  Section,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  by  the 


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Recorder,  be  fined  not  less  than  $5.00  nor  more  than  $100,  or 
sentenced  to  work  on  the  public  works  of  the  city  not  less  than 
five  days  nor  more  than  sixty  days,  either  or  any  part  of  said 
punishment  to  be  inflicted  by  the  Recorder,  in  his  discretion. 

SEC.  771. — Regulating  Selling  Dressed  Poultry.  Penalty. — 
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  except  a regis- 
tered merchant  or  stall  renter  at  the  city  market,  to  sell  or  offer 
for  sale  in  said  city  any  dressed  poultry,  and  any  violation  of 
this  Section  shall  subject  the  offender  or  offenders  to  a fine  not 
exceeding  $50.00,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  772. — Cattle,  Hogs,  Etc.,  Olfered  for  Sale.  Regulations. 
Penalty.— All  persons  bringing  into  the  City  of  Columbus  for 
sale,  except  such  as  may  be  only  passing  through,  any  cattle, 
cows,  sheep,  goats  or  hogs,  shall  place  the  same  immediately  in 
the  city  stock  yard  before  offering  such  live  stock  for  sale;  and 
no  person  shall  allow  any  such  live  stock  to  be  herded  or  stand 
on  the  streets  of  the  city. 

All  persons  placing  such  stock  or  cattle  in  such  city  stock  yard 
shall  pay  to  the  keeper  thereof  a fee  of  eight  cents  per  head  for 
each  beef,  or  hog,  and  four  cents  per  head  for  each  sheep,  or 
goat,  for  the  first  twenty-four  hours  or  fractional  part  thereof 
that  such  stock  or  cattle  may  remain  in  such  stock  yard,  which 
fee,  when  so  paid,  shall  give  the  privilege  to  the  owners  of  stock 
of  having  their  stock  weighed  on  the  city  scales  at  such  stock 
yards,  without  further  charge  therefor,  at  which  place  all  stock 
shall  hereafter  be  weighed;  and  for  each  twenty-four  hours,  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  after  the  first  twenty-four  hours  that 
such  stock  shall  remain  in  such  stock  yard,  one-half  of  the  above 
specified  fees  shall  be  charged  therefor;  provided,  that  the  terms 
of  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  those  who  place  their  stock 
in,  or  offer  stock  for  sale  in,  any  licensed  livery  or  sale  stable, 
or  licensed  lot,  or  licensed  wagon  yard,  that  also  provides  a 
licensed  public  scales  for  the  weighing  of  such  stock,  when- 
ever the  same  shall  be  weighed  in  such  stable,  lot,  or  yard. 

Any  person  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  Sec- 
tion, shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  pay 


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a fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  cents  or  more  than  $1.00  for  each 
head  of  stock  or  cattle  so  offered  for  sale  not  placed  in  the 
city  stock  yard  as  aforesaid,  or  be  confined  in  the  city  guard 
house  or  county  jail  for  not  more  than  one  day  for  each  head  of 
cattle  or  stock  not  so  confined,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Recorder. 

SEC.  773. — Waterworks.  Interfering  With  or  Injuring  the  Fix- 
tures of.  Penalty. — Any  person  who  shall,  without  authority,  in 
any  manner  interfere  with,  injure,  or  remove  any  of  the  fixtures 
or  appurtenances  of  hydrants,  pipes  or  appendages  thereto, 
belonging  to  the  system  of  waterworks  in  the  City  of  Columbus, 
or  who  shall,  without  authority,  use  the  water,  or  suffer  others  to 
use  it,  or  shall  wantonly  or  negligently  waste  the  water,  or  per- 
mit others  to  waste  the  same,  or  who  shall  use  any  of  the 
hydrants  or  fixtures  for  hitching  posts,  shall  be  guilty  of  dis- 
orderly conduct,  and  upon  proof  thereof  before  the  Recorder 
of  said  city,  such  offender  shall  be  punished  by  fine  or  imprison- 
ment, or  by  confinement  and  labor  upon  the  public  works  of  the 
city  or  county,  in  the  discretion  of  said  Recorder;  and  the  police 
shall  be  diligent  and  report  every  infraction  of  this  Section. 

SEC.  774. — Injuring  Fire  Apparatus  of  City.  Penalty. — Any 
person  who  shall  willfully  and  knowingly  injure  or  damage,  in 
any  way,  or  by  any  means  whatever,  any  engine,  hose,  hook, 
ladder,  or  any  other  implement,  material,  or  apparatus  of  any 
kind,  connected  with  or  used  by  any  fire  company  in  Columbus, 
Georgia,  as  a part  of  their  machinery  or  material  for  extinguish- 
ing fires,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  or  such  other  punishment  as 
the  Recorder  may,  in  his  discretion,  inflict. 

$EC.  775. — Injuring  Street  Lamps.  Penalty. — Any  person  who 
shall  willfully  break  or  injure  any  lamp  or  any  part  thereof, 
whether  public  or  private  property,  already  set  up,  or  which 
may  hereafter  be  set  up,  for  the  purpose  of  lighting  any  of  the 
streets  or  alleys,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  the  City  of  Columbus, 
Georgia,  or  shall  extinguish  any  such  lamp  or  remove  the  burner 
therefrom,  or  who  shall  knock  down  or  remove  any  lamp  or 
lamp  post  from  the  place  where  it  is  fixed,  shall,  upon  convic- 
tion, be  punished  by  fine  or  other  punishment,  or  both,  in  the 
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SEC.  776. — Fire  Hydrants;  Penalty  for  Tampering  with. — (a.) 
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  other  than  an  officer  or  an 
employee  of  the  Columbus  Fire  Department  or  the  Columbus 
Sanitary  Department  or  of  the  Columbus  Sprinkling  Department 
or  of  the  Columbus  Waterworks  Company  to  open  or  attempt  to 
open  any  of  the  fire  hydrants  owned  or  rented  by  the  City 
Council. 

(b.)  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  whomsoever  to  open 
or  attempt  to  open  any  of  the  said  hydrants  in  any  other  man- 
ner than  by  the  use  of  the  regulation  fire  hydrant  wrench. 

(c.)  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  whomsoever  to 
tamper  with  or  to  leave  valve  or  hose  connection  open  or  in 
anyway  damage  any  of  said  fire  hydrants. 

(d.)  Any  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Section 
shall  subject  the  offender,  upon  conviction,  to  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing $100,  or  to  imprisonment  in  the  guard  house,  or  to  hard  labor 
upon  the  public  works  of  the  city  for  a time  not  exceeding  sixty 
days,  either  or  all,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  777. — Injuring  Public  Property  or  Trees.  Penalty. — Any 
person  who  shall  willfully  destroy  or  injure  any  of  the  public 
pumps,  wells  or  cisterns,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  who  shall  throw 
or  put  any  substance  in  any  such  pump,  well  or  cistern,  or  who 
shall  dig  up,  cut  down,  remove  or  injure  any  tree,  post,  or  en- 
closure, or  any  boxing  around  any  tree  that  has  been  already 
planted  or  erected  in  or  on  any  street,  lane  or  square  in  said  city, 
or  that  may  hereafter  be  erected  as  aforesaid,  shall,  upon  con- 
viction, be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprison- 
ment not  longer  than  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  diseretjon 
of  the  Recorder;  and  any  tree,  post  or  enclosure  in  any  of  the 
streets,  whether  placed  there  by  the  city  or  by  any  individual, 
are  hereby  . declared  public  property  so  far  as  to  extend  to 
them  the  provisions  of  this  Section. 

SEC.  778. — Injuring  Property  in  Exposition  Park.  Penalty. — 
Any  person  who  shall  willfully  or  intentionally  break  any  of  the 
glass  or  deface  or  otherwise  injure  any  building  or  structure  in 
Exposition  Park,  or  who  shall  remove  any  part  of  the  fencing 
of  said  park,  or  otherwise  damage  said  fencing,  or  shall  tamper 


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with  or  injure  any  of  the  water  piping,  or  other  appurtenances 
at  said  park,  shall  be  guilty  of  a violation  of  this  Section,  and  on 
conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  or  more  than 
$25.00,  or  be  imprisoned  not  less  than  one  day  or  more  than 
thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  779. — Forbidding  Abuse  of  Court  House.  Penalty. — It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  spit  on  the  floors  or  walls 
of  the  court  house  or  to  cut  or  mutilate  or  post  bills  or  write  on 
any  part  of  the  same,  or  the  furniture  therein,  or  to  use  any  por- 
tion of  the  same  or  furniture  therein,  for  any  filthy,  indecent  or 
improper  use. 

Any  person  who  shall  be  guilty  of  violating  this  Section  or  any 
portion  thereof,  shall,  upon  conviction  of  the  same,  be  fined  not 
more  than  $50.00,  or  imprisoned  for  not  more  than  thirty  days, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  780. — Prohibiting  Interference  with  Electric  Light  and 
Power  System. — Any  person  who,  without  authority,  shall  in 
any  manner  interfere  with,  injure,  add  to  or  remove  any  wires, 
fixtures  or  apparatus,  belonging  to  or  attached  to  the  lighting 
or  power  system  of  any  electric  light  or  power  company,  doing 
business  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  or  who,  without  authority, 
shall  use  the  electricity  or  electric  current  of  such  company, 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  the  Recorder  in 
a sum  of  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $20.00,  or  imprisoned 
for  not  less  than  one  day  nor  more  than  thirty  days. 

SEC.  781. — Public  Schools  Protected  from  Disturbance.  Pen- 
alty.— No  person  shall  be  permitted  at  or  near  any  public  or 
private  school  house  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  to  engage 
by  conversation,  signs  or  otherwise,  the  attention  of  any  of  the 
pupils  at  said  school  house,  to  the  disturbance  of  any  of  said 
pupils  and  to  the  detriment  and  discipline  of. such  schools. 

Any  person  who  may  violate  the  provisions  of  this  Section 
may  be  arrested  by  any  officer  or  member  of  the  police  force, 
and  taken  before  the  Recorder’s  Court;  and  such  person  may,  on 
conviction,  be  fined  in  a sum  of  not  more  than  $20.00,  or  be  im- 
prisoned not  more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  dis- 
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SEC.  782. — Common  and  River  Bank.  Protection  of.  Penal- 
ties.— (a.)  The  building  or  erection  of  any  house,  shanty,  tent 
or  hut,  of  any  description,  or  of  any  enclosure,  upon  any  portion 
of  the  common  or  river  bank  is  hereby  forbidden  and  declared 
to  be  a nuisance,  and  may  be  removed  as  such.  Any  person 
making  or  erecting  any  such  building  or  enclosure  shall  be 
punished  by  tine  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisonment  not 
more  than  sixty  days,  as  the  Recorder,  in  his  discretion,  may 
inflict. 

(b.)  No  person  shall  place  on  any  portion  of  the  common  or 
river  bank  the  carcass  of  any  dead  animal,  or  on  any  pretense 
whatever  dig,  cut  away  or  carry  off  any  part  or  portion  of  the 
earth  from  the  bank  of  the  river  or  any  part  of  the  commons, 
or  cut  down,  remove  or  destroy  any  timber,  trees  or  shrubbery 
on  said  river  bank  or  commons,  without  permission  from 
Council  or  the  Commissioners  of  Commons.  Every  person  or 
persons  violating  any  part  of  this  Section  shall  be  punished  by 
fine  not  exceeding  $30.00,  or  imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty 
days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  783. — Camping  with  Vehicles,  Except  in  Wagon  Yards, 
Prohibited. — No  person  shall  camp  with  his  or  her  cart  or 
wagon  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
Georgia,  except  upon  the  wagon  yards  set  apart  for  that  purpose; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  order  all  persons 
violating  this  Section  to  remove  beyond  said  limits  or  to  such 
wagon  yards;  and  any  person  or  persons  refusing  to  remove 
when  so  requested,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding 
$30.00,  or  imprisonment  not  more  than  sixty  days. 

SEC.  784. — Regulating  Entering  of  Exposition  Park  when  Ad- 
mission Fee  is  Charged. — (a.)  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  enter  what  is  known  as  the  Exposition  or  Driving  Park 
grounds,  unless  such  person  enter  at  the  place  and  under  the 
conditions  prescribed  by  the  management  of  said  grounds. 

(b.)  It  shall  also  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  climb  under, 
through,  or  upon  any  outside  fence  enclosing  said  grounds  or 
upon  any  barn,  stable  or  other  building  situated  within  said 
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(c.)  For  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section  the  penally 
shall  be  a fine  of  not  less  than  $2.00  or  more  than  $25.00,  or 
imprisonment  on  the  city  chaingang  for  not  less  than  five  days 
or  more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

Provided,  that  this  Section  shall  be  in  force  only  on  occasions 
when  there  are  entertainments  on  said  grounds  to  which  an 
admission  fee  is  charged. 

SEC.  785. — Going  on  Roofs  for  Running  Wires  without  Con- 
sent. Prohibited.  Penalty. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
or  persons  to  go  on  the  roof  of  any  house  in  the  city  for  the 
purpose  of  running  wires  over  or  on  to  such  house  without  first 
getting  the  written  consent  of  the  owner  of  said  property.  Any 
person  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall, 
on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  or  more  than 
$10.00,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  or  imprisonment  for  not 
less  than  one  and  not  more  than  ten  days  for  each  offense. 

SEC.  786. — Defacing  Property  with  Advertisements  or  Other- 
wise. Forbidden.  Penalty. — No  person  or  persons  shall  tack, 
paste  or  otherwise  fasten  anything  upon  any  fence,  wall,  tree,  or 
other  exposed  place  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of 
Columbus,  whether  private  or  public  property,  with  a view  of 
advertising,  without,  in  case  of  private  property,  first  having 
obtained  the  permission  of  the  owner  so  to  do,  and,  in  the  case 
of  public  property,  without  first  having  obtained  permission 
from  the  public  authorities. 

Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less 
than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $25.00,  or  imprisonment  for  not  longer 
than  ten  days. 

SEC.  787. — Mayor  Authorized  to  Make  Rules  Governing  Hack- 
men. — The  Mayor  of  Columbus  is  hereby  invested  with  full 
power  and  authority  to  make  from  time  to  time  such  uniform 
rules  and  regulations  governing  the  conduct  and  demeanor  of 
public  or  licensed  hackmen  or  others  carrying  passengers  or 
baggage  for  hire  or  reward  as  in  his  judgment  is  necessary,  and 
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for  said  hacks  or  conveyances  and  to  regulate  how  and  in  what 
manner  drivers  of  said  hacks  shall  stand  or  arrange  the  same 
with  reference  to  the  several  railroad  depots,  opera  houses, 
hotels,  or  other  public  places  in  said  city,  and  from  time  io 
time  to  alter,  amend,  or  abolish  said  rules. 

The  Mayor  shall  cause  notice  of  such  rules  or  regulations  as  he 
may  make  or  prescribe  as  well  as  changes  or  alterations  thereof 
to  be  given  to  the  hackmen  or  drivers  by  the  Chief  of  Police 
and  also  to  cause  the  same  to  be  published  in  circular  or  pam- 
phlet form  for  the  use  of  such  hackmen  and  may  in  his  dis- 
cretion cause  printed  copies  of  such  rules  to  be  posted  in  a 
conspicuous  place  on  the  inside  of  each  hack  or  other  con- 
veyance. 

In  case  any  hackman  or  driver  of  any  public  or  licensed 
hack  or  other  conveyance  carrying  passengers  for  hire  or  re- 
ward or  any  other  person  shall  violate  any  of  the  rules  or  regu- 
lations made  or  prescribed  by  the  Mayor  as  aforesaid  he  shall, 
on  conviction  thereof  before  the  Recorder’s  Court,  be  punished 
by  a fine  of  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $10.00,  or  by 
imprisonment  of  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  days, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder;  and  the  Mayor 
and  Council  may,  in  its  discretion,  revoke  the  license  of  said 
hackman. 

SEC.  788. — Hacks.  Rates. — For  carrying  passengers  to  and 
from  the  depot  or  wharf,  or  elsewhere  in  the  city,  an  omnibus 
or  hack  may  charge  twenty-five  cents  and  twenty-five  cents  for 
baggage  if  exceeding  fifty  pounds.  After  ten  o’clock  at  night  the 
rates  for  passengers, except  to  and  from  depots  and  wharf, may  be 
doubled.  The  owner  or  driver  of  any  licensed  vehicle  may,  upon 
agreement,  charge  seventy-five  cents  per  hour  for  a one-horse 
hack,  or  one  dollar  per  hour  for  a two-horse  hack  for  the  use  of 
tin*  whole  vehicle. 

Any  person  refusing  to  pay  the  owner  or  driver  the  fore- 
going rates  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  $5.00;  and  any  driver 
who  shall  charge  more  than  the  established  rates,  or  who  shall 
fail  to  keep  an  engagement  to  attend  upon  any  passenger,  shall 
be  fined  not  exceeding  $10.00,  to  be  collected  from  the  owner  of 
the  vehicle. 


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Hpcks  and  omnibuses  shall  also  be  required  to  carry  lighted 
lamps  after  dark,  and  shall  keep  above  rates  displayed  in  their 
vehicles,  under  a penalty  of  a fine  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Mayor. 

SEC.  789. — Car  Conductors  to  Assign  Separate  Seats  to  White 
and  Colored  Passengers.  Penalty. — All  conductors,  motormen 
or  other  employees  in  charge  of  any  street  or  electric  cars  on 
any  line  of  street  railroad  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  or 
within  the  police  limits  of  same,  as  defined  in  this  Code,  shall 
be  required  and  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
assign  all  passengers  to  seats  or  space  on  the  cars  under  their 
charge  or  to  remove  passengers  from  one  seat  or  part  of  car  to 
another  seat  or  part  of  car,  as  may  in  the  discretion  of  said  con- 
ductor, mortorman  or  other  employee,  in  charge  of  such  car  or 
cars  as  aforesaid  seem  best,  so  as  to  separate  the  white  and 
colored  races  as  much  as  practicable,  and  shall  reserve  and  set 
apart  spaces  for  white  and  colored  passengers  respectively,  to  be 
apportioned  according  to  the  usual  and  ordinary  travel  by  each 
on  the  road  or  line  for  which  the  cars  are  used;  and  all  con- 
ductors, motormen,  or  other  employees  of  said  street  or  electric 
railroad  company  shall  have  and  are  hereby  invested  with  police 
power  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  and  for  a vio- 
lation of  this  Section,  such  conductor,  mortorman,  or  employee 
of  the  company  shall,  on  conviction  in  the  Recorder’s  Court  of 
said  City  of  Columbus,  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than 
$100,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder,  or  to  be  confined  at  hard 
labor  upon  the  public  works  of  said  city  for  not  less  than  one 
day,  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  790. — Passengers  Refusing  Assignments  of  Seats  in  Street 
Cars.  Penalty. — Any  passenger  or  passengers  refusing  to  be 
assigned  to  seats  or  space,  or  to  take  such  seat  or  space  so  assign- 
ed, in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  Section, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  violating  this  and  the  preceding  Sec- 
tion, and  such  violation  shall  be  held  and  deemed  disorderly 
conduct,  and  all  persons  so  violating  the  same,  shall,  on  con- 
viction in  the  Recorder’s  Court  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  Geor- 
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gia,  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $100,  or  be  con- 
fined at  hard  labor  upon  the  public  works  of  said  city  for  not 
less  than  one  day  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  791. — Duty  of  Conductors,  Etc.,  to  Enforce  Two  Preced- 
ing Sections. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  conductor  and  motor- 
man  and  other  employees  in  charge  of  said  car  or  cars  (referred 
to  in  the  two  preceding  Sections)  to  see  that  the  regulations 
prescribed  in  the  said  next  two  preceding  Sections  of  this  Code 
are  carried  out,  under  the  penalties  set  forth  in  said  next  two 
preceding  Sections,  and  to  this  end,  it  is  made  the  duty  of  the 
police  to  arrest  and  bring  before  the  Recorder  any  person  or 
persons  violating  the  same. 

SEC.  792. — Car  Transfers.  Unlawful  Use  of.  Penalty. — No 
transfer  ticket  or  written  instrument  giving  or  purporting  to  give 
the  right  of  transfer  to  any  person  or  persons  from  a street  rail- 
road car  or  route  to  a street  railroad  car  operated  upon  the  same 
or  another  line  of  route  of  said  street  railroad  in  said  city,  shall 
be  issued,  sold  or  given  away,  except  to  a passenger  lawfully 
entitled  thereto,  and  by  or  from  duly  authorized  agent  of  said 
street  railroad  company.  And  any  person  other  than  a duly 
authorized  agent  of  the  aforesaid  street  railroad  company,  who 
shall,  in  said  city,  issue,  sell,  or  exchange,  or  give  away  such  a 
transfer  ticket  with  intent  to  have  the  same  used  for  passage,  and 
any  person  or  persons  not  lawfully  entitled  thereto  who  shall 
offer  for  passage  such  a transfer  ticket  with  intent  to  have  the 
same  used  for  passage,  and  any  person  or  persons  not  lawfully 
entitled  thereto  who  shall  offer  for  passage  such  a transfer  ticket, 
shall  be  guilty  of  an  offense  for  each  and  every  act,  and  on  con- 
viction thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  not  to  exceed 
fifteen  days,  or  fined  not  exceeding  $5.00  nor  less  than  $1.00, 
either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder’s  Court,  for  each 
and  every  such  offense. 

SEC.  793. — Railroad  and  Street  Railroad  Fares.  Failure  to 
Pay.  Penalty. — Any  person  who  shall  ride  or  attempt  to  ride 
upon  any  street  car,  or  other  railroad  car,  in  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus, without  the  payment  of  the  fare  charged  therefor,  and  with 


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the  intent  to  defraud,  shall,  on  conviction  therefor,  be  fined  not 
less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $25.00  and  costs,  or  imprisonment 
for  ten  days,  one  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  794. — Firing  of  Guns  or  Pistols  on  the  Commons.  Pen- 
alty.— It  shall  be  unlawful  to  fire  any  gun  or  pistol  upon  any  of 
the  commons  or  any  of  the  cemeteries;  provided,  that  this 
Section  shall  not  apply  to  gun  clubs  or  military  companies  upon 
such  part  of  the  commons  as  may  by  Council  be  set  apart  and 
designated  for  the  use  of  such  gun  clubs. 

Any  person  violating  this  Section  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding 

$10.00. 

SEC.  795. — Prohibiting  the  Blowing  of  Locomotive  Whistles  in 
the  City.  Penalty. — The  blowing  of  a locomotive  whistle  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Columbus  is  forbidden  and  if 
any  engineer  or  any  other  person  shall  sound  or  cause  to  be 
sounded  the  whistle  of  a locomotive  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  such  person  so  offending  shall,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder,  be  fined  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more 
than  $20.00,  or  imprisoned  not  less  than  one  day  nor  more  than 
thirty  days;  provided,  that  this  Section  shall  not  apply  in  cases 
where  crossings  are  to  be  made  of  other  railroad  tracks  and  in 
other  cases  where  whistles  are  required  to  be  sounded  by  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Georgia. 

SEC.  796. — Cruelty  to  Animals.  Penalty. — Any  person  or  per- 
sons in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Georgia,  who  shall  cruelly  treat, 
maim,  bruise,  deprive  of  necessary  sustenance,  ill  use,  or  in  any 
manner  whatsoever  torture  or  abuse  any  animal  or  animals 
shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
$50.00  for  each  and  every  offense  against  the  provisions  of  this 
Section,  or  imprisoned  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  in  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  797. — Chickens.  Cruelty  to  Carry  Head  Down.  Penalty 
— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  carry  or  to 
offer  for  sale,  or  to  purchase  within  the  city  limits,  any  live 
fowl  or  bird  with  legs  tied  or  untied  and  suspended  head  down; 
and  any  person  violating  this  Section,  upon  conviction  thereof 
in  the  Recorder’s  Court,  shall  pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  $1.00 


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or  more  than  $25.00,  or  be  imprisoned  for  not  less  than  one  day 
or  more  than  thirty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 

SEC.  798. — Barber  Shops  Not  to  Open  Sunday.  Penalty. — It 
shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  barber  shop  to  be  kept  open  or  do  any 
business  on  the  Sabbath  day. 

Any  violation  of  this  Section  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  $1.00  nor  more  than  $50.00,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  799. — Public  Meetings.  Notice  of,  to  be  Given  Mayor. 
Penalty. — Any  presiding  officer  or  any  other  officer  or  commit- 
tee of  men,  or  public  speaker,  who  may  arrange  for  and  hold 
any  public  political  meeting,  or  any  other  public  meeting  where- 
in politics  may  be  pubicly  discussed,  without  giving  the  Mayor 
one  day’s  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  holding  such  meeting 
shall  be  liable,  on  conviction,  to  a fine  of  not  exceeding  $50.00 
and  costs,  or  be  imprisoned  thirty  days  in  the  guard  house,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Recorder. 

SEC.  800. — Regulating  Planting  Trees  and  Shrubs  in  Ceme- 
teries Penalty  for  Violating. — The  planting  of  all  shrubs  and 
all  trees,  other  than  flowers,  in  the  cemeteries  of  the  city  shall 
be  done  only  after  permission  first  has  been  obtained  from  the 
Cemetery  Company  of  Council;  and  shall  be  done  under  the 
supervision  and  direction  of  the  Sexton  of  the  cemetery  where 
planted. 

A violation  of  this  Section  shall  subject  the  offender,  upon  con- 
viction thereof  before  the  Recorder,  to  a fine  not  to  exceed  $5.00, 
or  imprisonment  not  more  than  ten  days,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Recorder. 


ARTICLE  XII. 


RULES  OF  COUNCIL— ENACTMENT  OF  LAWS. 


ARTICLE  XII. 


CHAPTER  7 8. 


RULES  OF  COUNCIL. 

SECTION  801. — Rules. — 1.  Meeting  of  Council  shall  be  held 
regularly  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  each  month,  at  7:00  o’clock 
P.  M.,  from  October  1st,  to  June  1st,  and  at  4:00  P.  M.,  the  balance 
of  the  year;  provided,  that  the  Mayor  may  convene  the  Council 
at  any  time,  for  the  transaction  of  special  business  and  in  his 
absence  the  Mayor  pro  tern  and  in  his  absence  any  two  of  the 
members. 

2.  The  Mayor  and  eight  members  of  Council,  or  in  the  absence 
of  the  Mayor,  nine  members  of  Council  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

3.  The  Mayor  shall  preside  at  all  meetings,  preserve  order  and 
decorum  and  shall  appoint  all  committees,  unless  the  Council 
shall  otherwise  direct,  in  which  case  they  shall  be  appointed  by 
ballot. 

4.  In  the  absence  of  the  Mayor,  the  Mayor  pro  tem  shall 
preside,  and  in  his  absence  a chairman  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  members  of  Council,  vested  with  all  powers  of  the  Mayor 
during  his  absence. 

5.  The  following  order  shall  be  observed  in  the  transaction 
of  business: 

1.  — Reading  of  minutes. 

2.  — Unfinished  business. 

3.  — Reports  of  standing  committees. 

4.  — Reports  of  special  committees. 

5.  — Reports  from  officers. 

6.  — Trial  of  special  cases. 

7.  — Resolutions,  ordinances  and  accounts. 


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6.  No  member  shall  address  the  Council  meeting,  nor  shall 
speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  subject,  without  permission 
from  the  Mayor,  nor  on  any  account  when  another  member  has 
not  delivered  his  sentiments  and  wished  to  be  heard. 

7.  No  person  not  a member  of  the  Council  shall  be  allowed  to 
address  the  same  while  in  session  unless  by  unanimous  consent 
of  the  members  present,  except  when  arraigned  for  a violation 
of  the  city  ordinances. 

8.  Every  officer  whose  duty  it  is  made  by  resolution  of 
Council  to  report  to  the  regular  meeting  of  Council,  shall 
punctually  perform  his  duty,  or  be  fined  at  the  discretion  of 
Council. 

9.  All  motions  shall  be  reduced  to  writing  if  the  Mayor  or  any 
member  desire  it. 

10.  A motion  to  reconsider  any  of  the  proceedings  of  Council 
will  not  be  entertained,  unless  it  be  made  by  a member  who 
voted  with  the  majority  and  such  motion  shall  be  made  at  the 
same'  or  succeeding  meeting. 

11.  The  Mayor  shall  dfecide  all  questions  of  order,  but  any 
member  dissatisfied  with  the  decision  may  appeal  to  the  Council. 

12.  Whenever  any  member  shall  require  it,  the  yeas  and  nays 
of  the  members  present  shall  be  entered  on  the  minutes  on  any 
question  taken. 

13.  All  elections  shall  be  by  ballot,  and  a majority  of  the 
whole  Board  shall  be  necessary  to  an  election,  and  when  a 
majority  is  not  obtained  on  the  first  ballot,  the  fact  shall  be  so 
announced  by  the  presiding  officer,  and  the  balloting  continued 
until  a majority  is  obtained,  or  the  Council  shall  otherwise  order 
and  direct. 

14.  No  member  of  this  Board  shall  be  allowed  to  Vote  upon 
any  question  in  which  he  is  directly  or  indirectly  interested. 

15.  All  accounts  against  the  city  shall  be  read  at  a regular 
meeting  of  Council  unless  otherwise  ordered,  and  without  action 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Accounts,  which  committee  shall 
carefully  examine  the  same,  and  endorse  on  those  found  to  be 
correct:  “Examined  and  Approved.” 


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16.  A motion  to  lay  any  matter  on  the  table  for  further  con- 
sideration shall  be  first  in  order,  and  on  all  questions  the  last 
amendment,  the  most  distant  day,  and  the  largest  sum,  shall  be 
put  first. 

17.  A motion  for  adjournment  shall  always  be  in  order. 


CHAPTER  79. 


ENACTING  LAWS. 

SECTION  802. — Prescribing  Enacting  Style  of  Ordinances. — 
The  enacting  style  of  all  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
shall  be:  “It  is  ordained  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
the  City  of  Columbus  as  follows.” 

SEC.  803. — Adopting  Ordinances. — Every  bill  shall  be  read 
twice,  that  is,  once  at  two  distinct  regular  meetings  of  Council, 
before  it  passes  into  an  Ordinance  unless  in  cases  of  emergency, 
when  a bill  may  be  read  twice  by  unanimous  consent  on  the 
same  day  and  passed. 

SEC.  804. — After  the  passage  of  an  Ordinance  the  same  shall 
be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  be  transcribed  by  the  Clerk  of 
Council  in  the  book  of  Ordinances  and  published  in  one  of  the 
city  papers. 


ARTICLE  XIII. 


ADOPTING  ORDINANCE— CITY  CODE. 


ARTICLE  XIII. 


ADOPTING  ORDINANCE.— CITY  CODE. 

SECTION  805. — An  Ordinance  to  be  entitled  An  Ordinance  to 
adopt,  approve  and  make  of  force  certain  Rules  of  Council  and 
a Revised  Code  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  for  other  purposes: 

It  is  ordained  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  as  follows: 

That  the  foregoing  Rules  of  Council  and  Revised  Code  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  as  revised  and  prepared  by  G.  H.  Howard, 
Attorney  at  Law,  under  authority  from  the  Mayor  and  Council 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  by  them  fully  examined  and 
approved,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  adopted  as  the  Rules  of 
Council  and  Code  of  Laws  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  to  be  of  force 
and  to  take  effect  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1914. 

SEC.  806. — That  the  Rules  of  Council  now  existing  and  the 
Ordinances  of  the  city  now  existing,  and  not  embraced  in  the 
Rules  of  Council  and  Code  of  Laws  adopted  in  the  preceding  Sec- 
tion, be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed,  excepting  all  Ordi- 
nances authorizing  the  paving  and  curbing  of  streets  and  side- 
walks, and  all  Ordinances  and  laws  incurring  indebtedness  by 
the  City  of  Columbus,  whether  evidenced  by  outstanding  bonds 
of  the  city,  or  otherwise,  and  also  all  laws  and  Ordinances  here- 
tofore passed  for  the  purpose  of  raising  revenue  for  the  support 
of  the  government  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  or  to  discharge  and 
pay  off  the  indebtedness  of  the  city,  which  shall  remain  of  full 
force  and  effect  as  they  are  now  of  force,  as  fully  and  effectually 
as  if  embraced  in  the  Code  of  Laws  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  as 
adopted  in  the  preceding  Section. 

Done  in  regular  meeting  of  Council,  this  the  first  day  of 
July,  1914. 

JNO.  C.  COOK,  Mayor. 

M.  M.  MOORE,  Clerk  of  Council. 


ARTICLE  XIV. 


ACTS  RELATING  TO  THE  COMMONS. 


ARTICLE  XIV. 


CHAPTER  8 0. 


VESTING  TITLE  TO  COMMONS  IN  COMMISSIONERS. 

SECTION  807.— (Acts  of  1873,  Page  127.)— An  Act  to  vest  the 
title  to  the  commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus  in  Commissioners, 
to  sell  the  same,  and  apply  the  proceeds  to  certain  purposes. 

Whereas,  by  reason  of  the  growth  of  the  City  of  Columbus, 
the  increase  of  the  population  and  the  diversity  of  pursuits  now 
being  introduced  in  said  city,  while  the  demand  of  an  increased 
area  being  very  urgent;  and,  whereas,  the  said  commons  cannot 
be  sold  without  a grant  from  the  State  authorizing  the  sale 
thereof ; 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Georgia  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  authority  of  the  same, 
That  from  and  immediately  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the 
title  in  fee  simple  to  the  lands  known  as  the  commons  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  be,  and  the  same  is,  hereby  vested  in  H.  H. 
Epping,  J.  Rhodes  Browne,  Charles  A.  Redd,  Benjamin  F.  Cole- 
man, Columbus  C.  Coly,  Henson  S.  Estes,  James  K.  Redd,  J. 
Salisbury,  Bennett  H.  Crawford,  John  Peabody,  and  the  Mayor 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  (who  shall  be  an  ex-officio  member 
of  the  Board  of  Commissioners)  the  aforesaid  parties  to  con- 
stitute a Board  of  Commissioners,  to  have  and  to  hold  said 
property  in  trust,  for  the  purpose  hereinafter  specified. 

2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  aforesaid  Commissioners 
to  have  the  aforesaid  commons  surveyed  and  laid  off  in  lots 
suitable  for  building  lots;  and  they  are  empowered  to  sell  or 
lease  the  same,  giving  title  to  the  same;  but  shall  not  sell  to  any 
person,  except  for  manufacturing  purposes,  more  than  one  acre. 

3.  That  said  Commissioners  be  empowered  to  reserve  or  set 
aside  so  much  of  the  said  commons  as  they  may  deem  proper, 

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for  parks  and  for  school  and  church  purposes;  and  that  all 
of  said  commons  shall  be  exempt  from  any  taxes  until  actually 
sold  or  leased. 

4.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Commissioners,  within 
a reasonable  time  after  each  sale,  to  turn  over  and  account  to  the 
City  Treasurer  of  said  city  for  the  amount  realized  from  the  sale 
or  lease  of  the  same,  which  sum  is  to  be  applied  as  follows: 
three-fourths  of  the  same  to  the  payment  of  the  bonded  debt 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  the  remaining  one-fourth  for 
educational  purposes. 

5.  That  the  said  Board  of  Commissioners  shall  fill,  by  election 
or  appointment  all  vacancies  that  may  occur  in  the  said  Board 
from  death,  removal  from  the  said  city,  resignation,  malfeasance, 
or  otherwise  and  that  said  Commissioners  shall  have  and  receive 
no  renumeration  for  any  services  rendered  by  them  as  Com- 
missioners. 

6.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Approved  February  18th,  1873. 

TO  AMEND  AN  ACT  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  COMMONS  OF 
COLUMBUS,  GEORGIA. 

SECTION  808. — (Acts  of  1882,  Page  269.) — An  Act  to  amend  an 
Act  to  vest  the  title  to  the  commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus  in 
commissioners  to  sell  the  same  and  apply  the  proceeds  to  certain 
purposes,  approved  February  18,  1873,  so  as  to  empower  said 
Commissioners  to  reserve  and  set  apart  at  the  request  of  the 
Mayor  and  Council  certain  portions  of  said  commons  for  railroad 
purposes. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Georgia,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  authority  of  the  same, 
That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  third  Section  of 
an  Act  to  vest  the  title  to  the  commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
in  Commissioners,  to  sell  the  s&me  and  apply  the  proceeds  to 
certain  purposes,  be  so  amended  as  to  insert  in  the  third  line 
of  said  Section  between  the  word  “purposes,”  and  the  word 
“and,”  the  following  words  to-wit:  “And,  at  the  request  of  the 


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Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  so  much  of  said 
commons  as  they  may  deem  proper  for  railroad  purposes,”  and 
also  by  adding  at  the  end  of  said  Section  Third  the  following 
proviso,  to-wit:  “Provided,  however,  that  any  common  land, 

so  set  apart  and  reserved  for  railroad  purposes,  shall  not  be 
exempt  from  taxes,  when  entered  upon  and  taken  possession 
by  the  railroad  company  or  companies  to  which  it  may  have  been 
granted,”  so  that  said  Section  when  so  amended  shall  read  as 
follows: 

“That  the  said  Commissioners  be  empowered  to  reserve  or  set 
aside  so  much  of  the  said  commons  as  they  may  deem  proper  for 
parks,  and  schools,  and  church  purposes;  and,  at  the  request  of 
the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  so  much  of  said 
common  as  they  may  deem  proper  for  railroad  purposes;  and 
that  all  of  said  common  shall  be  exempt  from  taxes  until  actually 
sold  or  leased;  provided,  however,  that  any  common  lands  so 
set  apart  or  reserved  for  railroad  purposes,  shall  not  be  exempt 
from  taxes  when  entered  upon  and  taken  possession  of  by  the 
railroad  company  or  companies  to  which  it  may  have  been 
granted. 

2.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  all 
laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  December  12,  1882. 

AMENDING  ACT  AS  TO  TITLE  OF  COMMONS  IN  COLUMBUS. 

SECTION  809. — Commissioners  May  Permit  Railroads  to  Sell 
or  Lease  Part  of  Commons.  Disposition  of  Proceeds.  Extension 
of  Streets  Through.  (Acts  of  1887,  Page  613.) — An  Act  to  amend 
an  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  vest  the  title  to  the  commons  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  in  Commissioners,  to  sell  the  same,  and  apply 
the  proceeds  to  certain  purposes,  approved  February  18,  1873, 
so  as  to  empower  said  Commissioners  at  the  request  of  the 
Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus  to  grant  to  railroad 
companies  permission  to  sell  or  lease  commons  lands  set  apart, 


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or  that  may  be  hereafter  set  apart,  to  them  for  railroad  purposes, 
and  to  prescribe  the  mode  and  manner  of  said  sale  or  lease,  and 
to  provide  for  the  disposition  of  the  proceeds  arising  there- 
from, and  for  other  purposes. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 

Georgia , That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  Act 
entitled  an  Act  to  vest  the  title  to  the  commons  of  the  City  of 
Columbus  in  Commissioners,  to  sell  the  same,  and  apply  the 
proceeds  to  certain  purposes,  approved  February  18,  1873,  be 
amended  as  follows:  “That  said  Commissioners  of  Commons  be 

authorized  and  empowered  upon  the  request  of  the  Mayor  and 
Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  to  grant  to  any  railroad  com- 
pany holding  commons  lands  for  railroad  purposes,  or  to  whom 
the  said  Commissioners  of  Commons,  or  the  said  Mayor  and 
Council,  may  have,  or  hereafter  may  set  apart  such  commons 
lands  for  railroad  purposes,  the  right,  privilege  and  authority 
to  sell,  or  lease  any  portion  of  said  lands  so  held  or  set  apart, 
and  the  said  lands  so  sold  or  leased,  may  be  conveyed  by  said 
railroad  companies,  and  the  title  thereto  be  vested  in  the  pur- 
chasers when  sold,  and  the  use  and  occupation  in  the  lessees 
when  leased;  provided,  the  said  railroad  companies  or  either  of 
them  will  and  shall  pay  into  the  Treasury  of  the  City  of  Colum- 
bus one-half  of  the  purchase  money  received  from  the  lands  so 
sold,  or  one-half  of  each  year’s  rental  for  the  lease  of  any  of 
said  lands,  during  the  entire  period  of  such  lease;  and  provided, 
also,  that  whenever  an  extension  of  any  one  of  the  public  streets 
of  the  City  of  Columbus,  if  prolonged  to  the  corporate  line, 
would  be  located  through  or  on  any  land  heretofore  set  aside  for 
railroad  purposes,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  so  set  aside, the  title 
to  so  much  and  such  part  of  said  land  as  is  necessary  for  the 
extension  of  said  street  of  same  width  as  the  original  street, 
shall  not  vest  in  the  railroad  company,  for  whose  use  the  same 
is  set  aside,  nor  shall  that  part  of  such  land  as  is  necessary  for 
such  extension  of  any  one  of  said  streets  ever  be  sold  or  leased. 

2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in 
conflict  with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


Approved  October  24,  1887. 


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COMMONS— CITY  OF  COLUMBUS. 

SECTION  810.— Columbus,  City  of.  (Acts  of  1900,  Page  270, 
et  seq.) — An  Act  to  vest  the  title  to  the  commons  of  the  City 
of  Columbus  in  Commissioners,  to  sell  the  same  and  apply  the 
proceeds  to  certain  purposes,  approved  February  18,  1873,  by 
providing  that  said  Commissioners  be  empowered  to  sell  or  lease, 
giving  titles  to  the  same,  to  so  much  of  Eleventh  Street,  here- 
tofore dedicated  as  a street,  lying  between  Seventh  and  Ninth 
Avenues,  on  the  east  commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  as  may 
not  now  be  used  for  street  purposes. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Georgia,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  authority  of  the  same, 
That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act  the  second  Section  of 
an  Act  to  vest  the  title  to  the  commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
in  Commissioners,  to  sell  the  same  and  apply  the  proceeds  to 
certain  purposes,  to  be  so  amended  as  to  add  to  said  Section 
Second,  after  the  word  “acre”  the  following  words,  to-wit: 
“Provided,  however,  that  said  Commissioners  shall  be  authorized 
to  sell  or  lease  and  make  titles  to  any  part  of  what  is  known  as 
Eleventh  Street,  heretofore  dedicated  for  street  purposes,  lying 
between  Seventh  and  Ninth  Avenues  on  the  east  commons  of  the 
City  of  Columbus,  which  may  not  be  used  for  street  purposes  at 
the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  Act,”  so  that  said  Section  Second, 
when  so  amended,  shall  read  as  follows: 

“That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  aforesaid  Commissioners  to 
have  the  aforesaid  commons  surveyed  and  laid  off  in  lots  suitable 
lor  building  lots;  and  that  they  are  empowered  to  sell  or  lease 
the  same,  giving  title  to  the  same,  but  shall  not  sell  to  any  person, 
except  for  manufacturing  purposes,  more  than  one  acre;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  said  Commissioners  shall  be  authorized 
to  sell  or  lease  and  make  titles  to  any  part  of  what  is  known 
as  Eleventh  Street,  heretofore  dedicated  for  street  pur- 
poses, lying  between  Seventh  and  Ninth  Avenues,  on  the  east 
commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  which  may  not  be  used  for 
street  purposes  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  Act.” 

2.  Be  it  enacted,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  con- 
flict with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are,  hereby  repealed. 

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COLUMBUS,  COMMONS,  SALE  OF. 

SECTION  811. — (Acts  of  1901,  Page  357.) — An  Act  to  authorize, 
ratify  and  confirm  a sale  by  the  Commissioners  of  Commons  of 
the  City  of  Columbus  of  the  portion  of  Front  Street  north  of 
Fourteenth  Street  and  the  adjoining  commons,  and  a sale  by  the 
Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus  of  lands  adjoining 
as  part  of  commons  and  of  Fourteenth  Street,  formerly  Franklin, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 

Georgia,  That  the  Commissioners  of  Commons  be,  and  they  are, 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  sell  at  public  or  private 
sale  the  following  tract  of  land,  which  includes  a portion  of 
Front  Street  north  of  Fourteenth  Street  and  the  adjoining  com- 
mons, described  as  follows:  Commence  on  the  north  line  of  the 

City  of  Columbus,  lot  number  35,  extend  west  at  a point  30  feet 
from  the  northwest  corner  of  said  city  lot  number  35,  run  due 
south  along  a straight  line  at  every  point  30  feet  from  the  west 
lines  of  city  lots  numbers  35  and  38  a distance  of  two  hundred 
and  seventy-five  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a point  25  feet  north  of  the 
two  hundred  and  thirty-five  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a point  which 
would  lie  on  the  present  west  property  line  of  the  Muscogee 
Manufacturing  Company,  if  extended  north;  thence  northeasterly 
from  said  point  in  a straight  line  to  a point  one  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  west  from  the  beginning  point;  thence  due  east  to  the 
beginning  point. 

2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  conveyance  of  said  describ- 
ed land  heretofore  made  on  July  30th,  1901,  by  said  Commis- 
sioners be,  and  the  same  is  ratified  and  confirmed  and  made 
valid  and  binding  and  shall  operate  to  pass  a good  and  sufficient 
title  to  the  purchaser. 

3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  a grant  heretofore  made,  to-wit: 
On  the  15th  day  of  June,  1884,  by  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the 
City  of  Columbus  to  Jonathan  Bridges  conveying  to  him  a certain 
tract  of  land,  being  a part  street  and  part  commons  land,  lying  at 
thewestern  terminus  of  nowFourteenth  Street, formerly  Franklin 
Street,  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  and  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Chat- 


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tahoochee  River,  said  tract  of  land  being  described  in  said  con- 
veyance as  follows,  to-wit:  ‘‘All  of  that  tract  or  parcel  of  land 
situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  City  of  Columbus  aforesaid,  bound- 
ed on  the  south  by  water  lot  number  one  on  which  a factory  is 
now  being  built,  east  of  Bay  Street,  and  running  up  the  river  north 
one  hundred  feet  from  said  lot  number  one,  and  bounded  west 
by  line  running  one  hundred  feet  north,  commencing  at  the 
northwest  corner  of  a rock  pier  built  on  lot  number  one,”  is 
confirmed  and  the  title  thereto  is  declared  valid  and  binding  in 
the  said  named  grantee,  and  in  the  present  and  all  intermediate 
holders  of  said  described  land. 

4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in 
conflict  with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are,  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  November  16,  1901. 

COMMONS— COMMISSIONERS  OF. 

SECTION  812. — (Acts  of  1901,  Page  358.) — An  Act  to  amend  an 
Act  vesting  the  title  of  the  commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus  in 
Commissioners,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  February  18, 
1873,  and  Acts  amendatory  thereof,  so  as  to  provide  an  official 
name  for  said  Commissioners,  prescribed  the  method  for  con- 
veyance of  title  and  to  authorize  the  adoption  of  rules  and  by- 
laws and  a seal,  and  the  appointment  of  officers  and  to  confirm 
the  titles  heretofore  made  by  said  Commissioners,  and  for  other 
purposes. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Georgia,  That 
the  above  recited  Act,  and  the  Acts  amendatory  thereof,  be  so 
amended  that  hereafter  said  Board  shall  be  known  as  “Com- 
missioners of  Commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus.”  They  shall 
have  the  power  to  adopt  rules  and  regulations  and  by-laws  for 
their  government,  designate  their  officers,  elect  or  appoint  the 
same,  adopt  and  have  a common  seal,  and  pass  title  to  land  by  a 
two  thirds  vote  of  their  members,  and  any  act  of  said  named  Com- 
missioners and  their  successors  heretofore  performed  within  the 
scope  of  this  provision  shall  be  as  valid,  and  binding  as  if  per- 
formed subsequent  to  the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  any  convey- 


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ance  heretofore  executed  under  the  authority  of  said  Board  and 
by  two-thirds  vote  thereof,  and  signed  by  the  president  and 
secretary  thereof,  shall  be  valid  and  binding. 

2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in 
conflict  with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are,  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  November  16,  1901. 

COLUMBUS,  CITY  OF— TO  SELL  PART  OF  COMMONS. 

SECTION  813. — Columbus,  City  of.  Commons  at  Intersection 
of  Cemetery  Street  and  Seventh  Avenue.  (Acts  of  1910,  Pages 
481-482.) — An  Act  to  authorize  the  sale  of  part  of  the  commons 
of  the  City  of  Columbus  at  the  intersection  of  Cemetery  Street 
and  Seventh  Avenue,  known  as  the  Broad  Street  Methodist  par- 
sonage property,  and  for  other  purposes. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 

Georgia,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  same,  That  from  and 
after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  that  the  trustees  of  the  Broad  Street 
Methodist  E.  Church,  South,  at  Columbus,  Georgia,  be,  and  they 
are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  sell  at  public  or  private 
sale  that  part  of  the  commons  of  said  city,  situated  at  the  inter- 
section of  Cemetery  Street  and  Seventh  Avenue,  and  of  dimen- 
sions as  follows:  East  line  on  Seventh  Avenue,  one  hundred  and 

twenty  (120)  feet;  west  line  ninety  (90)  feet;  north  and  front  line, 
sixty-six  (66)  feet  on  Cemetery  Street,  and  southern  or  rear  line 
sixty  (60)  feet;  containing  15/100  of  an  acre,  more  or  less. 

2.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the 
proceeds  derived  from  the  sale  thereof,  be  invested  in  other 
property  for  church  purposes. 

3.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  all 
laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same 
are,  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  August  3,  1910. 

COLUMBUS,  CITY  OF— TITLE  TO  COMMONS. 

SECTION  814. — Columbus,  City  of.  Part  of  Commons  to  be 
Conveyed  to  City.  Public  Park.  (Acts  of  1910,  Pages  482,  483, 
484.) — An  Act  authorizing  the  Commissioners  of  Commons  of  the 


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City  of  Columbus,  as  created  by  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly, 
approved  February  18,  1873,  to  convey  to  the  City  of  Columbus 
the  title  in  fee  simple  to  certain  commons  lands,  located  on  the 
south  and  east  commons,  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  said  lands  to 
be  used  and  devoted  for  a public  park  and  play  ground,  for  the 
recreation,  pleasure  and  amusement  of  the  general  public,  as  the 
corporate  authorities  of  the  City  may  direct,  and  for  no  other 
purposes. 

Whereas,  The  General  Assembly,  by  an  Act  approved  February 
18,  1873,  conveying  the  title  in  fee  simple  to  the  lands  known  as 
the  commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus  to  certain  persons  con- 
stituting a Board  of  Commissioners,  to  have  and  to  hold  said 
property  in  trust  for  certain  purposes  in  said  Act  specified;  and. 

Whereas,  By  the  terms  of  said  Act  the  said  Commissioners 
were  empowered  to  have  said  commons  surveyed  and  laid  off 
into  lots,  and  to  set  aside  so  much  of  said  commons  as  said 
Commissioners  may  deem  proper  for  parks;  and, 

Whereas,  The  said  Board  of  Commissioners  have  reserved  and 
set  aside  a tract  of  land  in  said  commons,  hereinafter  described, 
for  the  purpose  of  a public  park,  which  said  tract  of  land  the  said 
Commissioners  desire  shall  be  conveyed  to  the  City  of  Columbus 
under  certain  limitations  and  restrictions,  for  park  purposes, 

Therefore,  It  is  enacted  as  follows: 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Georgia,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  authority  of  same,  That 
the  Board  of  Commons  Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Columbus 
be,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized,  empowered  and  directed  to 
convey  to  the  City  of  Columbus,  in  Muscogee  County,  Georgia, 
the  following  described  tract  of  land,  to-wit:  All  of  that  portion 
of  the  south  and  east  commons  of  the  City  of  Columbus  lying 
south  of  Fourth  Street  and  extending  across  the  Chattahoochee 
River  to  the  southern  boundary  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  which 
lies  east  of  Fourth  Avenue  to  Tenth  Avenue,  except  that  portion 
of  said  area  which  is  now  enclosed  as  a part  of  the  colored 
cemetery;  also  all  that  portion  of  block  No.  53  of  the  south  com- 
mons lying  west  of  what  is  known  as  the  colored  cemetery, 
which  has  not  been  heretofore  sold  by  said  Commissioners  of 
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2.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  said 
commons  be  conveyed  to  the  City  of  Columbus,  as  described  in 
the  first  Section  of  this  Act,  shall  be  conveyed  to  said  city  abso- 
lutely and  unconditionally,  in  fee  simple,  but  shall  be  kept  open 
and  used  only  for  the  piirpose  of  a public  park  and  play  ground, 
and  be  devoted  to  such  amusement  and  pleasure  as  the  corporate 
authority  of  the  City  of  Columbus  may  designate;  and  that  the 
City  of  Columbus  shall  have  no  power  or  authority  to  convey 
any  part  or  portion  of  said  tract  of  land  described  in  Section  One 
(1)  of  this  Act  without  the  assent  of  two-thirds  of  the  qualified 
voters  of  said  city  at  a special  election  to  be  held  for  that  pur- 
pose; and  that  said  tract  of  land  when  so  conveyed  shall  be  used 
and  devoted  only  for  the  uses  and  purposes  designated  in  this 
Act. 

3.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  all 
laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same 
are,  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  August  10,  1910. 


GENERAL  INDEX 


A.  Section. 
Abatement  of  Nuisances — 
Duty.  Recorder’s  Court. 

732,  733 

General  and  Special 
Powers.  Charter....  48 
Accidents — 

At  Rock  Quarry.  Re- 
ported to  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Works..  597 
Accounts — 

Gas  and  Light.  Approv- 
ed by  Chairman  of 

each  Department 231 

Accumulation — 

Combustible  material. 
Cellars  and  back 
yards.  Penalty.  Duty 
of  Chief  of  Fire  De 
partment  and  police..  741 
Acts  of  General  Assembly — 
Relating  to  the  Com- 
mons. Chapter  79. 
Adopting  Ordinance — 

This  Code 805,  806 

Advertisements — 

For  bids  paving  and 

curbing  sidewalks 575 

Posting.  Regulations. 

Penalty  787 

Affidavit — 

To  obtain  warrant.  See 
warrant. 


Section. 

Agents  and  Canvassers — 


License  of 243 

Alabama  Slings — 

Penalty  for  using 652 

Aldermen — 


Are  ex-officio  Justices  of 
the  Peace.  Charter..  46 
Elect  officers  of  city. 
When  and  How.  Char- 
ter   23 

Elect  officers  to  fill  va- 
cancies. When.  Char- 
ter   13 

Election  of.  Rules  gov- 
erning. Charter 10 

Elections  by.  Mayor 
votes  in  case  of  tie. . . 76 

Elections.  Qualifications 
of  voters.  Charter...  11 
May  not  be  member  of 
Board  of  Trustees 


Public  Schools  195 

Number  and  divisions 

of.  Charter 9 

Oath  of.  Charter 12 

Qualifications.  Charter  9 
Salaries  fixed  by  Mayor 
and  Aldermen.  Char- 
ter   9 

Salaries  not  to  be  chang- 
ed. Charter  9 


372 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


Section. 

Aldermen — (Continued.) 

See  also  Mayor  and  Al- 


dermen. 

See  Council. 

Terms  of.  Charter 9 

Vacancy  in  office  of. 
Charter  9 

Animals — 


Cruelty  to.  Penalty....  797 
Failure  to  put  in  stock 

yard.  Penalty 417 

Hitching  to  trees.  Pen- 
alty   698 

Impounded.  Chapter  53. 
Impounded.  Rules  and 

fees  558 

Not  to  run  at  large.  Pen- 
alty. Charter  . . i 48 

Riding,  driving  or  lead- 
ing on  sidewalks.  Pen- 
alty   563,  565 

Running  at  large.  Im- 
pounded. Penalty....  667 
For  sale.  To  be  put  in 

stock  yard 417 

In  stock  yard.  Fees  for  417 
To  be  slaughtered.  Regu- 
lations   432 

Annexation — 

New  territory.  How. 
Charter  2 

Appeals — 

From  tax  assessors. 
How  made  and  how 
determined  223 


Section. 

Appeals — (Continued.) 

In  condemnation  pro- 
ceedings for  damage. 

Charter  51 

Plumbers  to  Sanitary 

Committee  512 

Appendix — 

Acts  relating  to  com- 
mons begin 807 

Appropriation — 

Annual.  Public  Library  598 
For  1914.  Chapter  35. 


For  1914  257 

For  public  schools 601 

Arrests — 


By  motormen  and  con- 
ductors Police  District  638 
By  park  police  in  Police 

District  638 

By  warrant.  Charter. . 46 

Chief  of  Police  may 
make  in  county.  Char- 
ter   46 

Made  by  policemen  in 
Police  District.  Char- 
ter   46 

Power  of  conductors 
and  motormen  on 
street  cars  to  make. . . 619 
Power  of  police  force  as 
to  buildings.  Charter  46 

Resisting.  Penalty 639 

Ashes  and  Refuse  Matter 


on  Streets — 

Penalty  681 

In  streets.  Penalty....  187 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


373 


Section. 

Ashes  and  Refuse  Matter 
on  Streets — (Con.) 

In  wooden  vessels  in 
buildings  forbidden  393 
Assessments — 

Against  boats  and  boat 


companies.  Charter..  23 
Against  railroads  for 
paving  streets.  Char- 
ter   26 

For  curbing  and  paving 

sidewalks  573 

For  paving  and  curbing 
sidewalks.  Execu- 
tions   576 

For  paving  and  curbing. 

When  due 579 

Paving  and  curbing  side- 
walks. General  pow- 
ers. Charter  24,  26 

Paving  property  sold  for 

deeds.  Charter  29 

Paving  streets  and  side- 
walks. How  enforced. 

Charter  27 

Property  not  returned 
for  taxes  by  Marshal.  233 
Reductions.  Petitions 

for  228 

Repairs  of  streets  and 
sidewalks.  Power. 

Charter  37 

Repairs.  Paving  and 

curbing  sidewalks 576 

Street  paving  and  im- 
provements. City 
powers.  Charter  26 


Section. 

Assessments — (Continued.) 
Streets  and  sidewalks. 
Liens.  Date  of.  Char- 
ter   38,  39 

Streets  and  sidewalks. 
Paving  and  repairs. 

Lien  enforced  40 

Assessments  of  Property 
for  Taxation — 

Power  of  city.  Char- 
ter   1 

Assessments  of  Taxes — 

See  Tax  Assessors. 

To  be  equalized.  Pav- 
ing. Limit.  Charter  27 

Assessors — 

See  also  Tax  Assessors. 

See  Tax  Assessors. 

Assistant  Chief  Fire  De- 


partment— 

Election  of 204 

Associated  Charities  257 

Attorney — 


See  City  Attorney. 

Auction  Sales — 

Articles  removed  from 

streets.  Penalty 675 

In  streets.  Regulations. 
Penalty  676 

Australian  Ballot — 

System  210(a) 

Automatic  Telephone  Com- 
pany— 

Franchise  603 


374 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Automobile — 

Dray  and  hack  license 
1913.  Chapter  33. 

License  and  Registra- 


tion. Penalty  755 

Licenses  for  1914 250 

Automobiles — 

Equipment.  F a i 1 u r e. 

Penalty  755 

For  hire.  Subject  to 
call  of  police  and  Fire 

Department  250 

Left  with  engine  run- 
ning. Penalty 757 

Numbered.  How.  Reg- 
ulations   250 


Running  witout  horns 
and  lights.  Penalty..  757 
Speed  limits.  Penalty..  755 
Use  of  streets.  Regula- 
tions. Penalty 755 

Awnings  in  Fire  Limits. . 363 

Awnings — 

Over  sidewalks.  Speci- 


fications   365 

Repairs  of  364 

Window  or  drop 366 


B. 

Bakeries — 

Fly  proof  vehicles  and 


receptacles  ..........  504 

Screened  against  flies. . . 502 
Ballot  Boxes  and  Lists  Re- 
turned to  Clerk  Under 
Seal  216 


Section. 

Ballots — 

May  be  prepared  for 
voter  by  managers...  210 

Bank  Stock 

Rate  of  taxes  and  how 
returned  234 

Bar  Keepers — 

See  liquor. 

See  saloons  and  near  beer. 
Bar-rooms — 

General  power  of  city 

over.  Charter 42 

See  also  liquor. 

See  saloons. 

Barber  Shops — 

Open  on  Sundays.  Pen- 


alty   798 

Bathing  in  Pond  or  River 
in  City — 

Penalty  661 

Bawdy  or  Lewd  Houses — 
Inmates  dispossessed. ..  .659 

Begging  on  Streets — 

Penalty  660 


Benzine — 

See  explosive  oils. 

Bicycles — 

Paths.  Regulations....  759 


Reckless  riding.  Pen- 
alty   761 


Riding  on  certain  side- 
walks. Penalty 758 

Riding  without  bell  or 
horn  and  light.  Pen- 
alty   760 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


375 


Section. 

Bills— 

Gas  and  light.  Approved 
by  Chairman  of  each 


department  231 

Posting  on  property  in 
city.  Penalty 787 

Billiard  Rooms — 


Minors  forbidden  in. . . . 656 

Births  and  Deaths — 

To  be  reported  to  Regis- 
trar of  Vital  Statis- 
tics   197,  198 

Bitches — 

Running  at  large.  Pen- 
alty   670 

Blowing  Locomotive  Whis- 
tles in  City — 

Penalty  795 

Boats — 

Wharfage.  Port  dues, 
assessments,  etc.  Gen- 
eral city  powers.  Char- 
ter   23 

See  Port  Wardens, 
Wharf,  Steamboat. 

Board — 

Hospital  keeper  may 
charge  for  board. 


When  144 

Boarding  Moving  Trains  or 
Cars — 

Penalty  664 

Board  of  Education — 

City  Treasurer  is  treas- 
urer of 94 


Section. 

Board  of  Education— (Con.) 
See  also  public  schools. 

See  also  Board  of  Trus- 
tees Public  Schools. 

Board  of  Health — 

Chapter  20. 

Health  Officer.  Pow- 
er to  make  regula- 
tions. Contagious  dis- 
eases   404 

City  Physician  and 
Health  Officer  ex- 

officio  members 184 

Created.  Number,  pow- 
ers and  duties.  Char- 
ter   42 

Duty  as  to  nuisances. . 191 
Election,  qualification, 

etc.  Charter  42 

General  duties.  Recom- 
mendations   185 

May  require  cleaning  of 
lots,  yards  and  cellars  186 
May  use  city  carts  and 


hands  189 

Members  serve  without 

salary  : . . . 192 

Numbers,  powers  and 

qualifications  184 

Offenders  against  regu- 
lations. Penalties  . . . .186 
Power  and  authority...  186 
Recommendations  as  to 
health.  Regulations. 
Charter  42 


376 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Board  of  Health — (Gon.) 
Records  to  be  kept  by. . 184 
Requisitions  on  city  for 
lime  189 

Board  of  Trustees  Pub- 
lic Schools — 

Aldermen  ineligible....  195 
Numbers,  elections,  va- 
cancies   599-602 

Reports  to  Council....  600 
See  Public  Schools. 

Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners— 


Books  to  be  kept  by. . . . 

62 

Chairman. 

Election  and 

Duties. 

Charter  .... 

61 

Compensation  of.  Char- 

ter  

67 

Contracts. 

Power  as  to 

Charter 

63 

Elections, 

powers  and 

duties. 

Charter. . . .59-61 

Engineer. 

Charter  .... 

63 

May  operate  system. 

Charter  64 

Number  and  term  of 

Charter 59,  60 

Oath  of.  Charter 61 

Rates  fixed  by.  Charter.  64 
Receipts  and  disburse- 
ments. Charter 65,  66 

Reports  to  Mayor  and 
Council.  Charter. ...  62 

Subordinate  to  Mayor 
and  Council.  Charter  66 
Vacancies.  How  filled. 
Charter  59 


Section. 

Bonded  Debt  of  City — 

Chapter  30. 

List  of  outstanding 

bonds  230 

Registration  of.  Duty 
of  Treasurer 230(a) 

Bond  Elections — 

Special  registration  for. 
When.  Charter  16 

Bond  Forfeitures — 

Recorder’s  Court  637 

Of  City  Treasurer.  Char- 
ter   20 

Ordinances.  Not  re- 
pealed by  Code 229 

Ordinances.  Not  re- 


pealed by  this  Code..  806 
Bonds — 

Clerks  to  give.  When. 

Charter  20 

City.  To  be  registered. 

Treasurer’s  duty. . .230(a) 
Elections  for  before  is- 
sue. Charter 73 

General  Inspector 128 

Health  Officer  139 

Limitations  of  issue  by 

city.  Charter 73 

Of  City  Physician 110 

Of  city.  Valid  and  sub- 
sisting debts  229 

Officers  elected  by  Coun- 
cil to  give 82 

Officers  may  be  required 
to  give  by  Mayor  and 
Council.  Charter. ...  20 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


377 


Section. 

Bonds — (Continued.) 

Provisions  to  be  made 
for  payment.  Charter  73 
Sanitary  Inspector....  164 
Sextons  to  give.  When. 

Charter  20 

Waterworks  construc- 
tion. Power  to  issue. 
Charter  58 

Books — 

Tax.  Marshal  to  pre- 
sent to  Council.  When  236 

Booths— 

For  voting.  How  pre- 


pared   210 

Breaking  Colts  on  Streets — 

Penalty  767  j 

Bridges — 

Authority  of  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  over.  Char- 
ter   50 

Automobiles  on.  Regula- 
tions. Penalty 755 

General  power  of  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  over. 

Charter  22 

Injuring.  Penalty 747 

Inspection  of.  And  re- 
port Superintendent 

Public  Works  751 

Keepers  may  be  appoint- 
ed for.  Charter 50 

Policeman  at.  Duties..  750 
Locomotives  and  cars 
on.  Permits.  Pen- 
alty   746 

(25) 


Section. 


Bridges — (Continued.) 

No  tolls  749 

Obstructing.  Penalty...  747 
Rules  of  travel.  Going 
faster  than  walk.  Pen- 
alty   739 

Speed  warning  sign  out.  748 


And  wharf.  Appropria- 
tion for  1913. 

Bridge  Keeper’s  House — 


Injuring.  Penalty  747 

Building  Material  and  Rub- 
bish on  Streets — 
Regulations.  Penalty...  677 
Permits.  Application 
for.  When  and  how 

made  259 

Failure  to  obtain.  Pen- 
alty   769 

For  buildings  in  fire 

limits  259 

Form  of  259 

General  Inspector  grants  259 
General  Inspector  to  re- 
cord   259 

Building  Permits — 

When  necessary  to  pro- 
cure   259 


Regulations.  Chapter  37. . . 


Buildings — 

Accumulation  of  com- 
bustible matter  in. 

Penalty  683 

Anchors  in  walls 283 

Appendages  of  business 
buildings  310 


378 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Buildings — (Continued.) 
Awnings,  sheds  and  ve- 
randas in  fire  limits.. 

363,  364 

Backings  of  iron  front. . 288 
Backings  of  iron  front. . 307 

Bay  windows 311 

Bay  windows  not  to  pro- 
ject over  sidewalks..  326 

Boiler  Houses 347,  348 

Brick  piers 286 

Brick  walls  and  but- 
tresses   334 

Brick  Walls.  Regula- 
tions   302 

Brick  walls.  Timbers 

in  301 

Business  buildings  de- . 

fined  267 

Business  buildings  in  fire 

limits  279 

Business.  Hose  coup- 
lings and  standpipes.  331 

Chimney  foundations 293 

Chimneys.  Regulations.  280 

Condemned  322,  323 

Cornices,  gutters  and 

eaves  314 

Doorways  and  openings  281 
Doorways.  Party  walls. 

Permits  for 300 

Dwellings  in  fire  limits. 

Regulations  278 

Egress  openings  in  pub- 
lic halls 352 

Electrical  work 276 


Section. 


Buildings — (Continued.) 
Enveloped  in  metal. 

When  325 

Fire  escapes  may  be  re- 
quired in 343 


Floor  beams  and  floors 

332,  333 

Floor  beams,  joists  and 


headers  317 

Floor  timbers 355 

Floors  318 

Floors  under  heaters...  346 

Foundations  294 

Four  stories  and  over. 

Fire  escapes  341 

Flues  291,  292 

Flues  in  walls 335 

Glass  in  skylights 327 


Headers  in  brick  walls.  297 
Hearths  and  fireplaces.  319 
Heating  apparatus ..  356,  357 


Hoisting  openings 339 

Hollow  walls 298 


Inspected  where  ashes 
in  wooden  vessels  sus- 
pected by  Chief  of 
Fire  Department  and 


police  393 

Joists  and  girders 321 

Joists  in  brick  walls. . . . 320 

Metal  columns 287 

Metal  columns  in  brick 

buildings  306 

Metallic  leaders 313 

Officers  may  enter  for 
inspection  350 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


379 


Section. 

Buildings — (Continued.) 
Partitions  in  hotels  and 

tenements  337 

Party  walls 360 

Penalty  for  violating 
construction  rules....  358 

Piers  284 

Piers,  construction  of. . 

303,  304,  305 
Piers  under  lintels....  285 

Piles  . 295 

Power  company  not  to 
connect  wire  in  with- 
out General  Inspec- 
tor’s certificate 277 

Rafters  and  sheeting  in.  374 
Repairs  and  alterations.  351 

Repairs  of  roofs 372 

Repairs  of  roofs.  Per- 
mits for 373 

Roofs.  Drains  328 

Roofs  in  fire  limits.  .289,  290 
Roofs  in  fire  limits. 

Weather  covering  308,  309 
Roofs  of,  in  certain  dis- 
tricts of  city.  Materi- 
als and  specifications.  371 


Scuttles  to  roof 315 

Scuttles  to  roof 330 

See  also  public  buildings. 
Sheds  and  verandas  over 

sidewalks 367,  368 

Skylights  312 

Stairways  338 

Stand  pipes 316 

Steam  pipes 349 


Section. 


Buildings — (Continued.) 
Unsafe.  General  Inspec- 
tor’s duties 322 

Unsafe.  Owners  of.  Pen- 
alty   324 

Walls  on  piles 296 

Walls.  Temporary  sup- 
ports   299 

Wholesale  store  and 
warehouse  defined...  268 
Wood  used  in  walls. 

Regulations  282 

In  fire  limits.  Base- 
ments   269 

In  fire  limits.  Churches 
and  public  halls.  Reg- 
ulations   272 

in  fire  limits.  Corni- 
ces, gutters  and  eaves.  329 


Buildings  in  Fire  Limits — 


Cut  stone  facings 274 

General  Inspector  ap- 
proves   336 

Height  and  regulations 

270,  271 

Height  and  walls.  Reg- 
ulations   265,  266 

Materials  for 263 

Buildings — 


Of  brick  or  stone  in  fire 


limits.  Regulations.  262 
In  fire  limits.  Party 

walls  275 

In  fire  limits.  Repairs 
of.  Regulations 263 


380 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Buildings — (Continued.) 

In  fire  limits.  Stores  and 
manufacturing  plants.  340 
In  fire  limits.  Walls. 

Construction  of 273 

In  fire  limits.  Wooden 
condemned.  When  . . 264 

Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciations— 

Taxation  of.  Tax  re- 
turns   234 

Bureau  of  Vital  Statistics — 
Chapter  23. 

Burial  Permits — 

Application  for 201 

Clerk  of  Council  to  issue  201 
Of  paupers 257 

Business — 

Certain  lines  forbidden 

in  fire  limits 345 

Certain  lines  forbidden 

in  fire  limits : . 369  I 

General  power  of  city 
over  all.  Charter. ...  23 

License — See  licenses. 

Persons  seeking  to  do, 
must  register  and  ob- 
tain license  239 

Tax — See  license  tax. 

Butcher  Pens — 

See  slaughter  houses. 

Butchers — 

Protect  meats  from  flies. 
Penalty  739 


C.  Section. 

Calcium  Carbide — 

See  explosive  oils. 

i Camping  in  City — 

Forbidden.  Penalty  . . . 783 

Canvassers  and  Agents — 

License  of 243 

Carbides — 

See  explosive  oils. 

| Cars — 

See  also  street  cars. 

Left  standing  on  streets. 

Regulations.  Penalty  695 
Obstructing  crossings. 

Penalty  696 

Passengers  refusing  as- 
signments of  seats. 

Penalty  790 

Separate  seats  for  white 
and  colored  passen- 
gers on.  Penalty 789 

Stealing  ride  on.  Pen- 
alty   793 

Car  Transfers — 

Unlawful  use  of.  Pen- 
alty  792 

Cattle  for  Sale — 

Required  put  in  stock 

yard  417 

And  hogs.  Offered  for 
sale.  Regulations.  Pen- 
alty   772 

And  hogs.  To  be  put  in 
stock  yard.  Fees.  Reg- 
ulations. Penalty  . . . 772 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


381 


Section. 

Cattle  for  Sale — (Con.) 

And  hogs.  See  also  ani- 
mals and  impounding 
animals. 

Cattle — 

Impounding.  Rules  and 
fees  558 

Cellars — 

Accumulation  of  com- 
bustible material  in. 

Penalty  683 

Accumulation  of  com- 
bustible material  in. 
Duties  of  Chief  of  Fire 
Department  and  police. 
Penalty  741 

Cellars— 

Storage  of  paints  and 
oils  in.  Penalty 743 

Cellar  Doors — 

On  sidewalks.  Steps  561,  562 
On  sidewalks.  Permitt- 
ed on  Sixth  Avenue. 

When  562 

Left  open.  Penalty....  766 

Cemeteries — 

Appropriation  for  1913. . 257 
Bodies  not  interred  in 
without  burial  permits. 201 

Burials  in 582 

Burials  in  streets  and 
private  lots  forbidden  582 
Cemetery  Committee  has 

supervision  of 593 

Certain  streets  closed  in  591 


Section. 


Cemeteries — (Continued.) 
Children  unattended  for- 
bidden in 589 

Discharging  fire  arms 

in.  Penalty  684 

Dogs  forbidden  in....  590 
Fees  of  city  for  burials 

in  592 

General  powers  of  May- 
or and  Aldermen  over. 
Charter  22 


Injuring  shrubbery  or 
monuments.  Penalty.  585 
Lots  enclosed  only  with 
consent  Cemetery 

Committee  594 

Mayor  may  offer  reward 
for  persons  committ- 
ing depredations  in..  588 


Pauper  burials  in 257 

Pauper  burials  in 587 


Planting  shrubbery  in. 

Regulations.  Penalty. . 800 
Repairing  fences,  walls 
or  copings.  Permits 


for  595 

Rubbish  to  be  removed 

from  586 

Sales  of  lots  in 583 

See  also  Sextons. 

Street  work.  Street  Com- 
mittee’s duty 596 

Superintendent  Public 
Works  directs  work  in  595 
Vehicles  not  allowed  in, 
except  when 584 


382 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


Section. 

Cemetery  Committee — 

Has  supervision  of  cem- 
eteries   593 

Cemetery  Regulations — 
Chapter  60. 

Cerebro  Spinal  Meningitis — 
Must  be  reported  by 
physicians  and  others 


to  Health  Officer 395 

See  also  contagious  dis- 
eases. 

Certificates — 

Meat  inspection 420 

Charitable  Institutions — 
General  powers  of  city. 
Charter  22 

Charities — 

See  Associated  Charities. 
Charter — 


Charter.  Sections  1-75, 
inclusive. 

General  welfare  clause. 
Charter  22 

Charter  Powers — 

By  previous  Acts  re- 
tained. Charter 75 

General.  Charter 1 

Chickens — 

Carrying  heads  down. 

Penalty  797 

And  fowls.  On  certain 

streets.  Penalty 737 

Chief  of  Fire  Department — 
Also  see  Fire  Department. 
Approves  fire  escapes. . . 342 


Section. 

Chief  Fire  Dept. — (Con.) 
Assistant.  Election  of. . 204 
Commander  of  firemen.  208 
Duty  as  to  accumula- 
tions combustible  ma- 
terials in  cellars  and 

yards.  Penalty  741 

Elections  of  203 

General  control  over  * 

equipment  208 

General  duties  207 

Grants  permits  for  stor- 
age of  explosive  oils. 

When  375,  376 

Inspect  buildings  for 

ashes  in  wooden  ves- 

* 

sels  393 

Inspections  by.  Stor- 
age places.  Explo- 
sive oils  383 

May  enter  buildings  for 

inspection  350 

To  devote  entire  time  to 

duty  205 

To  inspect  theatres 385 

To  keep  fire  alarm  sys- 
tem in  repair 209 

To  make  frequent  exam- 
inations of  plugs,  hy- 
drants, etc 207 

To  notify  Mayor  of  de- 
fective condition  of 
plugs,  hydrants,  etc..  207 
Chief  of  Police — 

Duty  as  to  crime  and 
suspected  places. 
Charter  46 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


383 


Section. 


Chief  of  Police — (Con.) 

Duty  as  to  numbering 

houses  551 

Elected  by  Police  Com- 
mission. Charter...  13 
Elected.  When  and 

how.  Charter  15 

Ex-officio  constable  of 
county.  Also  police- 
man. Charter 46 


Chief  of  Police  and  Police- 
men— 

Failure  to  obtain  war- 
rants. Penalty.  Char- 
ter   46 

May  make  arrests  in 

county.  Charter 46 

Office  established.  Char- 
ter   13 

Report  to  Mayor  viola- 
tions state  laws.  Char- 
ter   46 

Shall  inspect  hacks, 
drays,  automobiles  for 
hire  monthly  and  re- 
port to  Council 250 

Shall  raid  gambling 

houses.  Charter  46 

To  inspect  theatres....  385 

Chimneys  and  Flues — 

See  buildings. 

Christmas  Holidays — 
Discharging  firearms  in 
certain  streets.  Pen- 
alty   787 


Section. 

Churches — 

In  fire  limits.  Construc- 
tion of 272 

Cisterns  and  Wells — 

See  Chapter  43. 

Open  and  wells.  Nui- 
sance   412 

See  wells  and  cisterns. 

City — 

Bonds  of,  to  be  regis- 
tered   230(a) 

See  also  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen. 

Corporate  limits  of. 

Charter  2 

Corporate  limits  ex- 
tended. How.  Elec- 
tion for.  Charter....  2 

City  of  Columbus — 

Corporate  name.  Charr 

ter  1 

‘ May  contract  for  water. 

Charter  69 

May  own  waterworks. 
General  powers.  Char- 
ter   52-69 

May  pledge  its  credit 
to  schools  and  chari- 
table organizations. 

Charter  1 

Limits  of  for  police  pur- 
poses. Charter 3 

Not  to  become  stock- 
holder in  corpora- 
tions. Charter 3 


384 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

City  of  Columbus — (Con.) 

Plan  not  altered.  Char- 
ter   1 

Regulate  sale  of  liquors 
in  police  district. 
Charter  , . . 3 

City  Attorney — 

Chapter  8. 

Compensation  of 100 

General  duties 99 

Office  established.  Char- 
ter   13 

City  Board  of  Health — 

See  Board  of  Health. 

City  Clerk — 

See  Clerk  of  Council. 

City  Employees — 

See  also  employees. 

City  Engineer — 

Duty  as  to  numbering 
and  naming  streets..  554 
Office  established.  Char- 
ter   13 

City  Government — 
Established.  Officers  of. 

Charter  9 

General  powers  of 
Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Charter  22-25 

City  Hospital — 

Appropriations  for  1913.  257 
City  Physician  to  admit 
indigent  sick.  When.  112 


Section. 

City  Hospital — (Con.) 

City  Physician  to  attend 


patients  in 114 

City  Treasurer  collects 

fees  due 95 

See  hospitals. 

City  Limits — 


For  police  purposes. 


Charter  3 

City  Market — 

Fast  driving  near  mar- 
ket. Penalty 764 

See  market. 

City  Marshal — 

Chapter  7. 


Administers  oath  to  tax 
payer  making  returns.  227 
Assesses  property  not 
returned  for  taxation.  233 
Collect  all  executions. . . 97 

Duty  as  to  license  and 


special  taxes 96 

Duty  as  to  licenses  and 

special  taxes 245 

Executions  collected  by.  97 
Ex-officio  member  of 

Tax  Assessors 96 

General  duties  of 96 

Levies  tax  executions. . 226 
Shall  return  tax  books 
to  Treasurer  when 

closed  225 

To  furnish  defaulters 

list  to  Council 225 

To  keep  record  of  licen- 
ses and  taxes 96 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


385 


Section. 


City  Marshal — (Con.) 

To  present  tax  books  to 

Council.  When  and 

how  

236 

To  receive  tax  returns. 

When  

224 

To  serve  all  processes 

and  orders 

98 

Weekly  reports  to  Treas- 

urer  

97 

City  Officers — 

Number  and  election  of. 

Charter  

13 

City  Park — 

* 

Park  laws  applicable  to. 

729 

Rubbish  and  trash  in 

fountain.  Penalty 

734 

Rubbish  and  trash  in 

park.  Penalty ...  .721, 

722 

City  Physician — 

Chapter  9. 

Bonds  of 

110 

Duty  as  to  smallpox .... 

113 

Duty  as  to  indigent  sick 

in  city  

115 

Election  and  term  of. . 

101 

Entire  time  may  be  re- 

quired   

109 

Ex-officio  member 

Board  of  Health 

184 

May  be  removed  for 

cause  

111 

May  have  assistant. 

When  

101 

Medicines  furnished.... 

116 

Office  hours  

114 

Section. 


City  Physician — (Con.) 

Qualifications  102 

Records  to  be  kept  by. . 

116,  117 

Reports  by  106 

Special  duties..  103,  104,  105 
Special  reports  to  Health 

Officer  141 

j To  admit  patients  to  hos- 
pital. When 112 

Go  attend  patients  in 

hospital  114 

To  provide  assistant. 
When  108 

: 

To  vaccinate  free.  Char- 
ter   42 

Vaccinations  by 107 

Vaccine  matter  to  be 
kept  by 118 

City  Scales — 

Feed  stuffs  and  grain  to 
be  weighed  on 460 


| City  Sexton — 

Also  see  officers. 

Bond  given  by.  When. 
Charter  20 

Office  Established — 

Charter  13 

City  Stables — 

Appropriations  for  1913.  257 
City  Stockade — 
Appropriations  for  1913.  257 
City  Stock  Yard — 

See  stock  yards. 


386 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 


City  Treasurer — 

Chapter  6. 

Also  see  Officers. 

Also  see  Treasurer. 

Bond  given  by.  When. 

Charter  20 

Collects  money  due  hos- 
pital   95 

General  duties  92 

Is  Treasurer  of  Public 

School  Board 94 

Monthly  reports  of  ac- 
counts   93 

Office  established.  Char- 
ter   13 

Records  and  deposits 

by  93 

Registration  of  city 
bonds.  Duty  as  to.  .230(a) 
To  furnish  defaulters  to 
Clerk  of  Council....  92 
To  keep  defaulters  list. . 225  i 
To  pay  all  demands 

against  city 93  | 

To  pay  out  tax  money. 

How  237 

To  receive  public  school 

fund.  Charter 49 

To  report  defaulters  to 
Council  92 

City  Ward — 

Limits  defined.  Num- 
ber. Charter 8 

Mayor  and  Aldermen 
may  add  new.  Char- 
ter   8 


Section. 

City  Ward — (Continued.) 
Mayor  and  Aldermen 
may  change.  Char- 
ter   8 

Claims — 

To  property  levied  on. 
Trial  of.  Charter....  45 

Claims  and  Court  Costs — 
Appropriations  for  1913.  257 
Clerk  of  Council — 

Chapter  5. 

Also  see  Officers. 

Bond  given  by.  When. 


Charter  20 

Deeds  and  leases  signed 

by  90 

Duty  as  to  milk  permits 

466,  467 

Duty  as  to  sale  of  lots 

in  cemetery  583 

Duty  as  to  voters  list. . . 221 

Duty  to  issue  burial  per- 
mits   201 

Executions.  Duty  as  to  90 

General  duties 89 


Issue  executions  expense 
of  numbering  houses.  552 
Issue  tax  executions....  226 
Licenses.  Duty  to  issue  90 
Office  and  office  hours. . 91 

Office  established.  Char- 
ter   13 

Registrar  of  vital  statis- 
tics 


196 


GENERAL  INDEX 


387 


Section. 

Section. 

Clerk  of  Council — (Con.) 

| Clerk  of  Market— (Con.) 

Shall  publish  voters  list. 

Office  established.  Char- 

How and  when.  Char- 

ter  

13 

ter  

16 

Shall  post  regulations.. 

462 

To  furnish  box  for  votes 

Special  reports  to  Health 

to  managers  

215 

Officer  

141 

To  furnish  Chief  of 

To  condemn  and  destroy 

Police  with  list  of 

impure  meats  

459 

near  beer  dealers.... 

251 

To  forbid  smoking  and 

To  furnish  copy  of  milk 

lounging  

449 

laws  with  each  milk 

To  inspect  meats  sold 

permit  

500 

by  others  than  stall 

To  furnish  registration 

renters  

459 

list  to  election  mana- 

To  require  gates  to  stalls 

gers.  Charter  

17 

kept  closed 

155 

To  furnish  voters  lists  to 

To  require  stalls  kept 

managers  

221 

clean  

448 

To  issue  executions  for 

To  weigh  feed  stuffs  and 

over  due  taxes 

238 

grain  

460 

To  issue  executions  for 
sanitary  work.  When 
To  keep  execution 

170  J 

Clerk  at  Elections — 
Appointment  and  duties. 

213 

docket.  Charter 

45  ! 

Clerk  of  Recorder’s  Court. 

632 

To  keep  registration 

books.  Charter 

To  serve  Board  of 

J 

Closets — 

See  water  closets. 

Health  when  required 

184 

Code — 

Clerk  of  Market — 

Ordinance  adopting. 805, 

806 

Chapter  16. 

Duty  as  to  opening  and 

closing  

Fees  for  weighing 

443 

460 

Cold  Storage  Eggs — 
Regulations.  Penalty.. 

Columbus  Railroad  Com- 

770 

General  duties..  154  and 

438 

pany — 

Has  general  supervision 

Chapter  66. 

over  market 

452 

Conductors  and  motor- 

Inspects  meats  brought 

men.  Police  powers. . 

619 

to  market 

431 

Franchise  617-620 

388 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Columbus  R.  R.  Co. — (Con.) 
Obstructing  tracks  of 

forbidden  618 

Right  to  propel  cars  by 
steam  617 

Combustible  Material — 
Accumulation  of  in  cel- 
lars and  yards.  Duties 
of  Chief  of  Fire  De- 
partment and  police. 


Penalty  741 

Matter.  Accumulation 
of.  Penalty  683 


Matter.  Trash.  Accum- 
ulations in  fire  limits. 
Regulations.  Penalty  683 

Commissioners — 

Also  see  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners. 

Commissioners  of  Com- 
mons— 

Deeds  validated.  Titles 
made  by  confirmed. . 

811,  812 

Power  to  deed  lands  to 
railroads  and  public 

enterprises  808 

Power,  sales,  leases  rent- 
als   809,  810 

Power  to  sell  portion 
at  intersection  Ceme- 
tery Street  and 

Seventh  avenue 813 

Power  to  sell  or  lease 
portion  of  Eleventh 
Street  810 


Section. 

Com.  of  Commons — (Con.) 
Power  to  sell  portions 
of  Front  Street  and 


Fourteenth  Street  812,  813 
Power  to  sell  portion  in 
south  and  east  com- 
mons to  city 814 

Title  to  commons.  Pow- 
ers. Duties  807 

Commitments — 

By  Recorder’s  Court. 
Term  of.  Charter. ...  46 

Committees — 

Matters  referred  to  and 

reports  86 

Mayor  ex-officio  mem- 
ber of  all 88 

Special  powers.  Re- 
pairs   87 

Committees  of  Council — 

Mayor  appoints 801 

Standing  84 

Committee  on  Fire  De- 
partment— 

Investigate  cause  of  each 
fire  394 


Committee  on  Sanitation — 
Chapter  21. 

Also  see  Sanitary  Com- 
mittee. 

General  and  special 
duties.  Reports 193 

Committee  on  Streets — 

Also  see  Street  Commit- 
tee. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


389 


Section. 

Com.  on  Streets — (Con.) 

Directs  General  Inspec- 
tor   135  | 

Directs  Superintendent 
Public  Works 126  i 

Superintendent  street 
and  sidewalk  improve- 
ments. Charter 30 

Committee  on  Streets  and 
Sewers — 

Plumbing  regulations. 
Powers  and  duties . . . 547  j 

Commons — 

Acts  of  General  Assem- 


bly relating  to 807 

Acts  of  Legislature  in 

reference  to  809-815 

Deeds  to.  Validated.  .812,  813 
Discharging  firearms  on. 

Penalty  794 

Leases  and  rentals 809 


Power  of  Commission- 
ers to  sell  portion  in- 
tersection Cemetery 
Street  and  Seventh 

Avenue 813 

Railroad  companies. 

Rights  to  lands 611-616 

Sale  of  portion  of 

Eleventh  Street 810 

Sale  of  portion  of  Four- 
teenth and  Front 

Streets 811,  812 

Title  vested  in  Commis- 
sioners   807 


Section. 

Commons — (Continued.) 

Trespassing.  Injuries  to. 
Penalty  783 

Commons  Commission- 
ers— 

See  Commissioners  of 
Commons. 

Commutation  Tax  for 
Streets — 

Executions.  How  and 
when  issued 235 

Condemnation  Powers — 

Also  see  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen. Charter. ...  51 

Also  see  streets  and 
public  works.  Char- 
ter   51 

See  also  eminent  do- 
main. 

Condemnation  Proceed- 
ings— 

Damages.  How  fixed. 


Charier  51 

Waterworks.  Construc- 
tion. Charter  52-69 


Condemnatory  Powers  of 
City  for  Quarantine 
Purposes.  Charter...  42 

Conductors  on  Street 
Cars — 

Powers  of  policemen. 


Arrest  619 

Powers  of  policemen  in 
police  district 638 


390 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Con’s  on  St.  Cars — (Con.) 

To  assign  separate  seats 
to  white  and  colored 
passengers.  Penalty.  89 
To  enforce  law  as  to 
separation  of  white 
and  colored  passen- 
gers   791 

Contagious  Diseases — 

Chapter  41. 

Deaths  from  to  be  re- 
ported to  Health  Offi- 
cer   395 

Exclusion  of  children 
from  public  schools..  403 
Exposed  persons.  Per- 
mits to  by  Health 


Officer  when 398 

Health  Officer  and  Board 
of  Health.  Power  to 

make  regulations 404 

House  quarantine. 
Warning  cards.  Regu- 
lations   397 


Infected  houses.  Cats 
and  dogs  kept  out. . . . 400 
Infected  houses.  Deliv- 
ery of  milk  and  mer- 


chandise in 399 

Infected  houses.  Fumi- 
gated by  Sanitary  In- 
spector   402 

Notice  to  be  given 


Health  Officer  by  phy- 
sicians, nurses  and 
others  395 


Section. 

Contagious  Diseases — (Con.) 
Penalty  for  violating 

regulations  405 

Prevention  of.  Regula- 
tions   395-411 

Pupils  excluded  from 
school  account  of. 
Readmitted  by  certifi- 
cate of  Health  Officer.  403 
Quarantine  by  Health 


Officer.  When 396 

Quarantine  p e r i o des. 
Rules.  Release  of 

patients  401 

Quarantine  raised. 
When  402 

Contempt — 

Recorder’s  power  to 
punish  636 

Contested  Elections — 

Council  determines 219 

How  and  when 218 

Contracts — 


Also  see  paving,  curb- 
ing, street  and  side- 
walks. 

City  may  contract  for 
water  supply.  Char- 
ter   59 

City’s  powers.  Char- 
ter   51 

For  paving  and  curb- 
ing sidewalks.  Award- 
ed. How 575 

Power  of  city  to  make. 
General.  Charter 1 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


391 


Section. 

Conveyances — 

Commissioners  of  Com- 
mons. Validated.  .811,  812 


Corporate  Limits — 

Charter  1 

For  police  purposes. 
Charter  3 

Corporate  Powers — 

General.  Charter 1 


Corporations — 

City  not  to  be  stock- 


holder in.  Charter...  1 

Costs  in  Recorder’s 
Court — 

Paid  into  Treasury 635 

Council — 

Also  see  elections, 
Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Appoints  registrars  of 

voters  221 

Determines  contested 

elections  219 

Elections  by.  Methods 

of  80 

Elections  by.  Time  of. . 79 

Elects  General  Inspec- 
tor   127 

May  discharge  officers 

for  cause 83 

Rules  and  meetings  of. . 801 

Councilmen — 

See  Aldermen. 


Section. 


Council — 

Quorum  801 

Receives  tax  books  from 

Marshal  236 

Rules  of.  Chapter  77... 

Council  Committees — 

Mayor  appoints 801 

Meetings.  Mayor  pre- 
sides   801 

Meetings.  Order  of  busi- 
ness   801 

Meetings.  When  held. 

Rules  801 


Court — 

See  Recorder’s  Court. 

Court  House — 

Defacing  or  injuring. 

Penalty  779 

Park.  Laws  relating  to 
parks  applicable  to.716,  717 
Park.  Named  City  Park  716 

Cow  Lots — 

Protected  from  flies..  505 
Cows — 

Diseased.  Reported  to 

Health  Officer 479 

Diseased.  Sale  of  milk 
from.  Penalty. . . .475,  476 

Cream — 

See  milk. 

Cream  and  Ice  Cream — 

Pure.  Defined 496,  497 

Crittendon  Home — 
Appropriation  for  1913. . 257 


392 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Crossings — 

Also  see  railroad  cross- 
ings. 

Trains  and  cars  ob- 
structing. Penalty...  696 


Section. 

Curing  Hides  in  City — 
Penalty  728 

D. 

Dairies — 


Crossing  Trestles — 

Penalty  753,  754 

Cruelty  to  Animals — 

Penalty  796 

Cruelty  to  Chickens — 

Carrying  head  down. 

Penalty  797 

Curbing  and  Paving — 

Chapter  58. 

Assessments  for.  Pow- 
ers of  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen. Charter. ..  .24-26 
Assessments  for.  When 

due  579 

Construction  and  cost  of  573  I 
Contracts  for.  Awarded. 

How  575  | 

Property  owners  pay 
costs.  Assessments 

for  573 

Repairs.  Assessments  for  577 
Work  done  by  city  or 

by  contract 573 

Curbing  Sidewalks — 

Regulations  572 

Superintendent  Public 

Works  fixes  lines 572 

Curbing  and  Paving 
Sidewalks — 

Assessments  for.  Exe- 


cutions   576 

By  owners.  When 578 


Care  of  milk 485 

Care  of  milk  vessels. . . . 499 
Delivery  of  milk.  In- 
fected houses.  Regu- 
lations   490,  491 

Diseased  cows.  Regula- 
tions   ...475,  476 

Feed  of  milch  cows 477 

How  kept  470-474 

Infected  premises.  No 

sales  from 480 

Milk.  Preservatives. 
Adulterations.  Regu- 
lations   494,  495 

Milk  for  sale.  Temper- 
ature regulations 493 

Milkers.  Cleanliness. 

Regulations  478 

Milk  to  be  bottled  at 

only  492 

Milkers  not  to  enter  in- 
fected premises 481 

Milk.  Time  for  market- 
ing   486 

Name  of  dairy  on  and 

number  483 

Permits  to  sell  milk. . . . 465 
Protected  from  flies. 

Regulations  505 

Pure  cream  and  ice 
cream  defined. . . .496,  497 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


393 


Section. 

Dairies — (Con.) 

Pure  milk  defined 487 

Refrigerators.  Regula- 
tions   489 

Sales  of  impure  milk 

forbidden  488 

See  also  milk. 

Skimmed  milk.  For 
sale  of.  Regulations..  498 
Vehicles  used  by.  Reg- 
ulations   482 

Violating  milk  regula- 
tions. Penalty 501 

Damages — 

In  condemnation  pro- 
ceedings. How  fixed. 
Charter  51 

Danger  Signals — 

O n obstructions  i n 
streets.  Failure.  Pen- 
alty   707 

Disease.  Refusing  to  al- 
low placed.  Penalty..  725 
Warning  of  disease. 
Moving.  Penalty 724 

Deaths — 

Be  reported  by  relatives 
and  physicians  to  Reg- 
istrar of  Vital  Statis- 
tics   197,  198 

Record  of  to  be  kept  by 

Sextons  199 

Reports  of  by  Sextons  to 
Registrar  of  Vital  Sta- 
tistics   199 

(26) 


Section. 


Debt — 

See  public  debt,  bonds, 
bonded  debt. 

General  power  Mayor 
and  Council  over. 

Charter  22 

List  of  outsanding 
bonds  230 

Debts  of  City — 

Evidenced  by  bonds 
valid  debts 229 


Deeds — 

City.  For  property  sold 


under  paving  assess- 
ments. Charter 29 

Clerk  of  Council  to 

sign  90 

Commissioners  of  Com- 
mons validated  811 

Defacing  or  Injuring  Court 
House — 

Penalty  779 

Public  property  or  trees. 

Penalty  777 

Property  in  parks. 

Penalty  715 

Property.  Obscene  writ- 
ing. Penalty 648 

Defaulters — 

See  tax  defaulters. 


Delivery  Wagons — 

Bakery.  Fly  proof.  Reg- 
ulations   504 

Food  products  to  be 
screened  506 


394 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


Section. 

Delivery  Wagons — (Con.) 
Market  to  have  signs. . 450 
Meats  protected  from 


flies.  Penalty 739 

Milk.  Name  of  dairy  on 
and  number 483 


Renters  of  market  stalls  446 
Depots — 

See  also  milk  depots. 

Diphtheria — 

See  contagious  diseases. 

To  be  reported  by  phy- 
sicians or  others  to 


Health  Officer 395 

Discharging  Fire  Arms  in 
Cemeteries — 

Penalty  794 


On  commons.  Penalty..  794 
Or  fire  works  on  streets. 
Regulations.  Penalty.  723 

Discharging  Fire  Works — 
Christmas  holidays.  Cer- 


tain streets.  Penalty..  768 

Disease  Flags — 

Moving.  Penalty 724 

Refusing  to  allow  placed. 
Penalty  725 


See  contagious  diseases. 

Disorderly  Conduct — 


Chapter  71. 

Penalty  645 

And  depredations.  All 

parks.  Penalty 719 

In  parks.  Penalty 713 


Section. 


Disorderly  Houses — 

Penalty  647 

Mayor  or  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen may  remove 
inmates.  Charter....  42 
Disturbing  Schools — 

Penalty  . . 781 

Dogs — 

Bitches  running  at  large. 

Penalty  670 

Donations — 

Authority  of  city  as  to . . 1 


Doors — 

Screen.  Left  open  at 

market.  Penalty 738 

Drainage — 

Chapter  44. 

Cost  of.  Paid  by  owner. 


How  enforced 416 

Of  lots.  How  enforced.  413 
Of  lots.  Penalty  for 
failure  414 


Sanitary  Inspector’s 
duty. 

Street  Committee’s  duty.  413 
Drays — 

At  wharf 182 

General  charter.  Powers 
of  city  over.  Char- 
ter   23 

Hack  and  automobile 
licenses  for  1913. 
Chapter  33. 

License  for  1913 250 

Numbered.  How.  Regu- 
lations   250 


GENERAL  INDEX 


395 


Section. 

Drays — (Con.) 

Subject  to  call  police 
and  Fire  Department.  250 


Dressed  Poultry — 

Sale.  Regulations.  Pen- 
alty   771 

Driving — 

In  streets.  Regulations. 

Penalty  693 

Reckless  in  parks.  Pen- 
alty   714 

On  bridges.  Regulations. 

Penalty  745-752 

Reckless  on  streets 763 

Speed  limit  near  mar- 
ket. Penalty 764 

Drovers — 

Power  of  city  to  tax. 
Charter  , 23 

Drunkenness — 

In  public  places.  Pen- 
alty   640 

Dry  Wells — 


See  wells  and  cisterns. 
Ducks — 

Impounded.  Rules  and 


fees  558 

Dwellings — 

See  buildings. 

Dynamiter- 

Quantity  limited 392 

Storage  rates 391 

Storage  regulations....  387 


E.  Section. 

Education — 

Board  of.  See  Board  of 
Trustees. 

General  powers.  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  over. 

Charter  22 

See  also  public  schools. 

See  public  schools. 
Schools.  Board  of 
Trustees. 

Eggs— 

Cold  Storage.  Regula- 
tions. Penalty 770 

Elections — 

Annexation  new  terri- 
tory. How  held.  Char- 
ter   2 

Assistant  Chief  Fire  De- 
partment   204 

Australian  ballot  system  210 

Ballot  boxes  and  lists 
returned  to  Clerk 

sealed 216 

Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners. Charter. . .59,  60 
Booths.  How  prepared. 

Marshal’s  duty  210 

Box  for  votes  furnished 

by  Clerk 215 

By  Council.  How  con- 
ducted. Rules  of . . . . 801 
By  Council.  Mayor 
votes  in  case  of  tie. . . 76 

By  people.  Held  at  Court 

House  210 

By  people.  How  held. 
Chapter  25. 


396 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


Section. 

Elections — (Con.) 

Chief  of  Fire  Depart- 
ment   203 

Chief  of  Police  by  Police  , 
Commission.  Charter  13 
Chief  of  Police.  When 
and  how.  Charter...  15 
Clerks  at.  Appointment 

and  duties  213 

Conduct  of  officers  regu- 
lated   220 

Contest  of,  Council  de- 
termines   219 

For  bonds.  Special  regis- 
tration for.  When. 

Charter  16 

For  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men.  Time  of  hold- 
ing. Charter 11 

Form  of  oath  for  man- 
agers   217 

Form  of  returns 215 

General,  for  city  officers 
by  people.  Regula- 
tions   210 

General  Inspector  by 

Council 128,  129 

How  and  when  con- 
tested   218 

How  contested. 

Chapter  26. 

Managers.  Appointment 

of  211 

Managers  for  to  have 
registration  lists. 
Charter 17 


Section. 


Elections — (Con.) 

Managers.  How  appoint- 
ed. Qualifications. 

Charter  18 

Managers  make  returns 
and  consolidate  vote. 
How.  Charter .......  18 

Managers  may  swear 
voters.  Oath  of. 

Charter  17 

Managers  of.  Oath 212 

Managers  to  be  fur- 
nished voters  list  by 

Clerk  221 

To  have  voters  list 221 

Mayor  and  Aldermen 
may  establish  polling 

places.  Charter 11 

Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Qualifications  of  vot- 
ers. Charter 10 

Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Qualifications.  When 
and  where  held.  Char- 
ter   11 

Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Rules  governing.  Char- 
ter   10 

Mayor  pro  tem 77 

Officers  by  Council. 

Methods  of 80 

Officers  by  Council. 

Time  of 79 

Officers  of  city  by  May- 
or and  Aldermen. 
When  and  how.  Char- 
ter   13 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


397 


Section. 


Elections — (Con.) 

Officers  solicting  votes 

at.  Penalty 220 

Opening  and  closing  of 
polls.  Rules  govern- 
ing   214 

Policemen  and  lieuten- 
ants elected  by  Com- 
mission. Charter 14 


Qualifications  of  voters. 

Generally.  Charter. . 10 

Results.  How  declared.  214 
Tally  sheets.  How  kept.  214 
To  fill  vacancies  by  May- 
or and  Council.  When. 


Charter  13 

Votes  challenged.  Man- 
ager’s duties 212 


Voters  lists  to  be  kept. . 213 

Electrical  Works  in  Build- 
ings— 

Permits  to  be  obtained. . 276 

Electric  Companies — 

Not  to  connect  service 
wires  in  buildings 
without  Inspector’s 
certificate  277 

Electric  Light  System — 
Interfering  with  and  in- 
juring. Penalty 780 

Electric  Railway — 

See  also  Columbus  Rail- 
road Company. 


Section. 

Elevators — 

General  Inspector  may 


forbid  use  of 354 

Inspection  of 353 


Employees  of  City  Solicit- 
ing Votes  at  Elec- 
tions— 

Penalty  220 

Eminent  Domain — 

See  also  condemnation.  51 
Quarantine  purposes. ...  42 

See  also  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen. Charter. ...  51 

See  also  streets,  public 
works,  sewers,  etc. 

Charter  51 

Water  works 52-69 

Enactment  of  Ordinances 

803,  804 

Encroachments — 

See  excavations. 

Engineer — 

See  City  Engineer. 

Escaping  from  Pest 
House — 

Penalty  726 

Excavations — 

In  streets.  Penalty....  765 
See  also  streets. 

Execution  Docket — 

Clerk  to  keep.  Char- 
ter   45 

Sales.  City  may  be  pur- 
chaser. Charter. , . . . . 45 


398 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Execution  Docket — (Con.) 
Sales.  Law  governing. 

Charter  45 

Executions — 

Assessments  for  curbing 
and  paving  sidewalks.  576 
Assessments  for  street 
improvements  and  re- 
pairs. Enforced.  Char- 


ter   40 

City.  Form  of  and 
regulations.  Charter.  45 
City  Marshal  to  collect. . 97 

Clerk  of  Council  shall 

issue  90 

Clerk  to  issue  for  taxes 

over  due  238 

Deeds  pursuant  to  for 
paving  assessments. 

Charter  28 

Expense  in  numbering 

houses  552 

For  paving  assessments. 
How  issued  and  en- 
forced. Charter 27 


For  street  tax.  How 
and  when  issued....  235 
For  taxes  of  all  kinds. 


Powers.  Charter 22 

For  work  cleaning  lots 
by  Sanitary  Inspector  170 
Illegality  to,  and  claims. 

Charter  45 

Marshals.  Duty  as  to. 

Charter  45 

See  also  tax  executions. 
Transfer  of.  Charter. . 45 


Section. 

Expenditures — 

Tax  money.  How  and 
divisions  of 237 

Explosive  Oils — 

Chapter  38. 

Failure  to  store.  Pen- 
alty   753 

Not  to  be  stored  with- 
out permit  from  Chief 
of  Fire  Department. . 375 
Permits  for  storage.  Reg- 
ulations   379,  380 

Storage.  Inspection  by 
Chief  of  Fire  Depart- 
ment   383 

Storage  of.  Regulative. 

381,  382 

Storage  of.  Safety  regu- 
lations   377,  378 

Regulations.  Penalty  for 
violating  384 

Exposition  Park — 

Entering  without  pay- 
ing fees.  Penalty...  784 


Keeper  of 162 

Express  Wagons — 

General  power  of  city 
over.  Charter 23 


F. 

Factories — 

Ice  cream.  Specifica- 
tions   497 

False  Fire  Alarms — 

Penalty  644 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


399 


Section. 

False  Fire  Alarms — (Con.) 
Swearing.  To  register. 

Penalty  221 

Weights  and  measures 
at  market.  Penalty. . 451 

Farmers — 

Meat  sold  by.  Subject 


to  inspection 425 

May  sell  products  raised 
by  him  to  dealers  with- 
out license  464 

Not  subject  to  slaugh- 
ter house  regulations. 

When  425 

Selling  at  wholesale. 
Produce  and  farm  pro- 


ducts. Regulations..  457 

Feeding  Stock  in  Streets — 

Not  fastened.  Penalty..  672 
On,  unhitched.  Regu- 
lations. Limits.  Pen- 


alty   678 

Feed  Stuffs  and  Grain — 
Weighed  on  city  scales.  460 

Fees — 

City  officers  not  to  re- 
ceive. Charter 13 

For  animals  in  stock 

yard  417 

For  inspections  by  Gen- 
eral Inspector 133 

Hacks.  Regulations. 

Penalty  788 

Health  Officer.  Meats..  419 
Impounding  animals...  558 


Section. 

Fees — (Con.) 

Meat  inspections. 

Amounts  421 

Of  city  for  burials  in 

cemeteries  592 

Of  Clerk  of  Market 460 

Of  Magazine  Keeper... 

389,  390,  391 

Of  slaughter  house  own- 
ers   423,  424 

Port  Wardens 180 

See  also  inspection  fee. . 

171,  172 

Stock  yards.  Cattle  and 

hogs  772 

Storage  of  fire  works  in 

magazine  744 

Filth- 

See  garbage.  Streets. 
Health  regulations. 


Finance  Committee — 

Approves  rent  contracts 

for  market  stalls 441 

Duty  as  to  tax  assess- 


ments   223 

Fines — 

From  police  district. 

Charter  5 

Fire  Alarms — 

False.  Penalty 644 


Fire  Alarm  System — 

Injuring.  Penalty 644 

Chief’s  duty  to  keep  in 
repair  209 


Fire  Apparatus  of  City — 
Injuring.  Penalty 774 


400 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Fire  Arms — 

Discharging  in  ceme- 


teries   794 

Discharging  on  com- 
mons   794 


Discharging  in  streets. 
Regulations.  Penalty.  723 

Fire  Department — 

Appropriation  1913 257 

Chapter  24. 

Chief  of.  Election 203 

Chief  of.  General  duties  207 


Chief  to  command 208 

Committee  on.  Investi- 
gate cause  of  each 

fire  394 

Efficiency  of.  Investi- 
gated by  Committee  on 
Fire  Department  each 

fire  394 

General  power  to  estab- 
lish and  maintain. 

Charter  22 

Gongs.  Imitating.  For- 
bidden   643 


Have  care  of  equipment  206 
Inefficiency  of,  reported 
by  Committee  on  Fire 


Department  394 

Right  of  way  on  streets. 

Penalty  694 

See  also  Chief  of  Fire 
Department. 

Who  to  compose 202 


Section. 

Fire  Escapes — 

Approved  by  General  In- 
spector and  Chief  of 

Fire  Department 342 

City  may  require  in 


buildings.  Charter. . 41 

In  certain  buildings....  341 
May  be  required  in 
buildings.  When  and 

how  343 

Owner  required  to  erect. 

When.  Penalty 343 

Owner  shall  keep  in  re- 
pair   344 


Fire  Hydrants — 

See  Hydrants. 

Fire  Limits — 

Chapter  36. 

Accumulation  of  boxes, 
trash,  combustible 
matter.  Regulations. 

Penalty  683 

Awnings  and  sheds  in . . 363 
Buildings  in,  approved 
by  General  Inspector.  336 
Buildings.  Height  and 
walls.  Regulations. . 

265,  266 

Buildings  in.  Materials 


for  263 

Business  buildings. 

Regulations  279 

Certain  business  forbid- 
den in  369 

Certain  business  forbid- 
den in 345 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


401 


Section. 

Fire  Limits — (Con.) 

City  may  establish. 

Charter  41 

Defined  257 

Dwellings  in.  Regula- 
tions   278 

Repairs  of  buildings  in. 

Regulations  263 

See  also  buildings. 

Wooden  buildings  in. 
Condemned  by  Gen- 
eral Inspector.  When  264 

Firemen — 

Pensions  for.  When. 
Charter  70-73 

Fire  Regulations — 

Accumulation  of  com- 
bustible matter.  Reg- 


ulations. Penalty 683 

Power  of  city  as  to 
buildings,  etc.  Char- 
ter   41 

See  also  buildings. 


streets,  cellars,  yards, 
combustible  material. 

Fires — 

Chapter  40. 

Cause  of  each  investigat- 
ed by  Committee  on 
Fire  Department 394 

Fire  Works — 

Christmas  holidays.  Dis- 
charging on  certain 

streets.  Penalty 768 

Discharging  on  streets. 
Regulations.  Penalty  723 


Section. 

Fire  Works — (Con.) 

Storage  of.  Regulations. 


Penalty  744 

Fish  and  Meats — 

Selling  tainted.  Pen- 
alty   740 

Fish  Markets — 


Screened  against  flies..  502 
Flags — 

Disease.  Refusing  to  al- 


low placed.  Pen- 
alty   725 

Moving  disease.  Pen- 
alty   724 

Flies — 


Protection  of  foods 
from.  Regulations... 

502-506 

Foods — 

Cold  storage  eggs.  Reg- 
ulations. Penalty 770 

Dressed  Poultry.  Reg- 
ulations. Penalty 771 

See  also  Sanitary  In- 
spector. 

See  pure  food  regula- 
tions. 

Selling  tainted.  Penalty  740 

Food  Products — 
Peddler’swagons  screen- 
ed   506 

Protected  from  flies  502,  506 

Fountain — 

Rubbish  and  trash  in 
city  park.  Penalty..  721 


402 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Fowls  and  Chickens  on 
Certain  Streets — 

Penalty  737 

Franchise — 

Automatic  Telephone 

Company 603 

Columbus  Railroad  Com- 
pany   611-620 

Southern  Bell  Telephone 
Company  604-610 

Fruit  Parings — 

Garbage  and  litter. 
Throwing  on  side- 
walks. Penalty 679 

Fruit  Stands — 

Broad  street  forbidden 


except  when  688 

Fuel  257 

Fumigation — 


See  contagious  diseases. 
Infected  houses. 

Furniture  and  Merchan- 
dise in  the  Streets — 
Regulations.  Penalty...  702 

G. 

Gambling  Houses — 

Duty  of  police  force  to 
raid.  Charter 46 

Gaming  House — 

Keeping.  Penalty 647 

Garbage  in  Streets — 

Penalty  187 

Gas  and  Electric  Lights — 
Appropriations  1913....  257 


Section. 

Gas  and  Light  Bills — 

Chapter  31. 

Approved  by  chairman 
each  department 231 

Gas  Companies — 

Chapter  68. 

Gasoline — 

See  explosive  oils. 

Gas  Pipes — 

How  laid  in  streets...  627 
Laid.  Approval  Super- 
intendent of  Pubic 

Works  627 

Meters.  Regulations...  627 
Openings.  Paved  streets  569 

i Gates — 

Construction.  Regula- 
tion. Penalty 704 

Geese — 

Impounded.  Rules  and 

fees  558 

General  Inspector — 

Chapter  12. 

Approves  buildings  in 

fire  limits 336 

Approves  fire  escapes. . 342 

Approves  plumbing 

works  512 

Approves  plumbing 
works.  Tests. ..  .525,  526 
Condemns  frame  build- 
ings in  fire  limits. . . . 264 
Condemns  unsafe  build- 
ings   322,  323 

Duty  as  to  building 
permits  and  fire  limits  259 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


403 


Section. 

General  Inspector — (Con.) 

Duty  as  to  repair  of 
roofs  of  buildings. 

Permits  373 

Duty  as  to  unsafe  build- 
ings   322  | 

Duty  as  to  construction 

of  theatres 386  (a)  j 

Election  and  term  of. . 

128,  129  I 

Fees.  Electrical  in- 
spections   133  | 

General  and  special 

duties  132 

General  duties  as  to 

buildings  261 

Grants.  Permits  for 
opening  in  party  walls. 

When  300 

Grants  permits  for  wir- 
ing and  electrical 

work  276 

Inspects  all  wiring  and 

electrical  work 276 

Inspects  plumbing  work  516 
May  be  discharged  or 

suspended  130 

May  enter  buildings  for 

inspection  350 

May  forbid  use  of  ele- 
vators   354 

May  refuse  permit  for 
erection  of  any  build- 
ing in  the  city 361 

May  require  erection  of 
fire  escapes.  When 
and  how 343 


Section. 


General  Inspector — (Con.) 

May  require  strengthen- 
ing of  building  walls.  361 
Office  at  court  house. 

Office  hours 134 

Office  created 127 

Office  may  be  abolished  131 
Plumbing  plans  to  be 
filed  with 523 


Powers  generally  as  to 
erecting  and  repairing  362 
Power  to  condemn  and 
destroy  impure  meats 

434,  435 

Right  to  make  inspec- 
tions   524 

Salary  and  oath  of....  128 
See  also  inspection  fees. 
Sewer  connections. 

Duties  of 517 

Sewers.  House  connec- 
tions. Duties 521,  522 

Subject  to  Committee  on 

Streets  135 

To  collect  fees  for  in- 
spections   133 

To  inspect  elevators 353 

To  keep  record  of  per- 
mits issued 260 

Grain  and  Feed  Stuffs — 
Weighed  on  city  scales. . 460 

Grocery  Stores — 

Screened  against  flies. . 502 

Gun  Powder — 

See  powder. 


404 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


H.  Section. 

Hacks — 

Automobile  and  vehicle 
license  1913. 

Chapter  33. 

Failure  hackmen  to  keep 
engagements.  Penalty 

787,  788 

General  charter  powers 


of  city  * over.  Char- 
ter   23 

Kept  in  safe  condition. 
Subject  to  police  in- 
spection   250 

License  for  1913 250 

Numbered.  How.  Reg- 
ulations   250 


Rates  fixed  for.  Viola- 
tions. Penalty 787,  788 

Subject  to  call  of  police 
and  Fire  Department.  250 

Hackmen — 

Leaving  vehicles  to  so- 


licit. Penalty 699 

Soliciting  at  depots, 
wharfs  and  certain 
streets  forbidden 250 


Rules  governing.  Mayor 
may  make.  Penalty. . 787 

Halls— 

See  public  halls. 

Hats — 

In  theatres.  See  theatres. 

Hauling — 

Heavy  loads  on  paved 


streets.  Regulations. 
Penalty  680 


Section. 

Health— 

Also  see  Board  of 
Health. 

Also  see  Public  Health. 
Public.  Nuisances.  Stag- 
nant water,  garbage 
on  premises.  Penalties 

730,  731 

Health  Officer — 

Chapter  14. 

Admits  students  to 
school  after  recovery 
of  contagious  diseases. 

When  403 

Assistant  to 419 

Bond.  Oath.  Term. 

Compensation  139 

Certificates.  Meat  In- 
spection   420 

Diseased  milch  cows  re- 
ported to  479 

Duty  to  establish  quar- 
antine   396 

Directs  Sanitary  Inspec- 
tor. When.  Fumiga- 
tion of  infected  houses  402 
Establishes  quarantine. 

Contagious  diseases..  396 
Ex-officio  memberjBoard 


of  Health  184 

Fees  of.  How  paid 419 

Fixes  time  and  place  for 

meat  inspections 433 

General  powers 141 

General  and  special 
duties  142 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


405 


Section. 

Health  Officer — (Con.) 
Inspection  of  meats. 
Method.  When  and 
How.  Duty  to  in- 
spect   419-426-429 

May  be  discharged  or 


suspended  

140 

Office  created 

139 

Qualifications  

140 

Slaughter  houses. 

In- 

spected  by 

422 

To  be  notified  of 

con- 

tagious  diseases 

by 

nurses,  parents 

or 

others  

395 

To  tag  animals  to  be 
slaughtered  428 


Health  Officer  and  Board 
of  Health — 

Power  to  make.  Regu- 
lations. Contagious 
diseases  404 

Hides— 

Curing  in  city.  Penalty.  728 

Hitching  Horses — 

To  hydrants.  Penalty..  773 
To  trees  and  light  posts. 


Penalty  698 

Hogs — 

For  sale.  To  be  put  in 

stock  yard 417 

Fdr  sale.  Stall  fed. 

When  436 

Running  at  large.  Im- 
pounded. Penalty 668 


Section. 


Hogs  and  Cattle — 

For  sale.  Regulations. 

Penalty  772 

To  be  put  in  stock  yards. 
Fees.  Regulations. 
Penalty  772 

Hog  Pens — 

In  city.  Penalty 188 

Horses — 

Hitching  to  hydrants. 

Penalty  773 

Hitching  to  trees  and 
lamp  posts.  Penalty.  698 


Hitching  on  streets.  Reg- 


ulations. Penalty 697 

Horses  and  Live  Stock — 

For  sale  on  streets. 
Penalty  700 

Horses  and  Mules — 

Feeding  on  streets  un- 
hitched   672 

Feeding  on  streets.  Reg- 
ulations   678 

Loose  on  streets.  Taken 

up.  Penalty 673 

Running  at  large.  Pen- 
alty   671 


Hospital — 

Also  see  city  hospital. 
City  Physician  admits 


indigent  patients 112 

City  Physician  attends 

patients.  When 114 

Duty  of  patients 152 


406 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 


Hospital — (Con.) 

Fees  collected  by  Treas- 
urer of  city 95 

Patients  discharged  for 

cause  153 

General  power  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  over. 

Charter  22 

Visitors  to.  Regulations  147 

Hospital  Committee — 


Power  over  hospital  and 
quarantine  411 

Hospital  Fees — 

Collected  by  City  Treas- 
urer   95 

Hospital  Keeper — 

Chapter  15. 

Attention  to  patients...  150  j 


Duties  at  hospital 146  j 

Duty  as  to  furniture  and 

supplies  145 

Duties  to  patients 148 

May  charge  for  board. 

When  144 

General  and  special 

duties  143 

Reports  to  City  Physi- 
cian   149 

Salary  144 


Hotels — 

Also  see  buildings. 
Solicitors  not  to  enter 


depots.  Penalty 250 

Houses — 

See  also  buildings. 

To  be  numbered 548 


Section. 

Houses  Numbered — 

Duty  of  Chief  of  Police.  551 
Expense  of.  Executions  552 

How  549,  550 

Hydrants — 

Hitching  to.  Penalty...  773 
Injuring  or  tampering 
with.  Penalty 776 

I. 

Ice  Cream — 

Milk  used  for.  Regu- 


lations   493 

Pure.  Defined 497 

Ice  Cream  Factories — 

Specifications  for 497 

Idiots  and  Insane  Per- 
sons— 

Teasing.  Penalty 662 

Illegal  Registration — 

Punishment  221 

Illegality — 

To  executions.  Plea  and 

trial.  Charter 45 

Imitating  Fire  Depart- 
ment Gong — 

Penalty  643 

Imitating  Police  Whistle — 

Penalty  642 

Impersonating  Police- 
man— 

Penalty  641 

Impounding  Animals — 
Chapter  53. 

See  also  animals. 

Rules  and  fees 558 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


407 


Section. 

Impounding  Animals — (Con.)  . 

Chickens.  Geese  and 
ducks.  Rules  and  fees  558 
Improper  or  Profane  Lan- 
guage over  Tele- 
phone— 

Penalty  663 

Impure  Food — 

See  pure  food  regula- 
tions. 

Indecent  Conduct — 

Penalty  646 

Indecent  Conduct  and 
Dressing — 

Penalty  650 

Infected  Houses — 

See  also  contagious  dis- 
eases. 

Fumigated  by  Sanitary 


Inspector  402 

Injuring — 

Court  house.  Defacing. 

Penalty  779 

Fire  apparatus.  Penalty  774 

Hydrants.  Penalty 776 

Property.  Exposition 

Park.  Penalty 778 

Public  property  or  trees. 

Penalty  777 

Shrubbery  or  trees  in 
commons.  Penalty..  782 
Street  lights.  Penalty..  775 
Water  works.  Penalty.  773 
Inspections — 


Bridges.  Duty  Chief  of 
Police  751 


Section. 

Inspections — (Con.) 

Buildings.  See  General 
Inspector.  Buildings. 
Chief  of  Fire  Depart- 
ment may  enter  for. 

When  350 

Explosive  oils.  Storage 

places  383 

Foods  by  Sanitary  In- 
spector   171,  172 

Meats.  Health  Officer’s 

certificates  420 

Meats.  Health  Officer 

makes.  Fees 419 

Meats.  Sold  by  farm- 
ers   425 

Meats.  When  and  how. 

426,  427 

Meats.  Time  and  place 
fixed  by  Inspector. . . . 433 
Meats.  Sold  outside  mar- 


ket stalls 459 

Plumbing.  By  General 

Inspector  516 

Theatres.  By  Chief  Fire 
Department  385 

Inspector — 


See  Sanitary  Inspector, 


Health  Officer.  Gen- 
eral Inspector. 

Inspection  Fees — 

Buildings  133 

Electrical  work.  Gen- 
eral Inspector 133 

Meats  421 

Motors  133 


408 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 


Inspection  Fees — (Con.) 

Plumbing  133 

Sanitary  Inspector. 
Owners  pay 170 


See  fees. 

Interest — 

Taxes  overdue,  bear. . . . 238 
Intoxication — 

See  drunkenness. 

Itinerant  Traders — 

License  for 242 

J. 

Jumping  On  and  Off  Mov- 
ing Trains — 

Penalty  664 

Jurisdiction — 

See  also  police  district. 

City  in  police  district. . 638 
Jurisdiction  Recorder’s 
Court — 

See  Recorder’s*  Court. 
Recorder’s  Court. ..  .631-637 
Nuisances.  Recorder’s 
Court  732,  733 

K. 

Keeper  of  Hospital — 

See  Hospital  Keeper. 

Keeper  of  Magazine — 

See  Magazine  Keeper. 

Keeping  or  Storing 
Liquors — 

Penalty  654 

Kindergarten — 

Appropriation  for  1913.  257  j 


Section. 

L. 

Laws — 

Also  see  Ordinances. 

| Of  Georgia  relating  to 

commons  807 

Relating  to  commons...  807 

Levy- 

See  executions  and  ex- 
ecution and  sales. 

Lewd  or  Bawdy  Houses — 

I Inmates  dispossessed...  659 
Mayor  or  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen may  remove 
inmates.  Charter. ...  42 

Library — 

See  public  library. 

License — 

Amount  may  be  prorat- 
ed. When 248 

Automobiles  and  similar 


machines.  Penalty...  755 
Business.  When  due...  239 
Canvassers  and  trans- 
ient agents 243 

City  Marshal  to  require 

payment  of 96 

Clerk  of  Council  shall 
issue  90 


Doing  business  without. 
Duty  of  Marshal  and 
Chief  of  Police  as  to. . 239 
Doing  business  without. 

Penalty  239 

Drays,  hacks  and  auto- 
mobiles for  year  1913.  250 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


409 


Section. 

License — (Con.) 

Farmers  selling  produce 
raised  by  them  to 
dealers.  None  requir- 
ed   464 

Hacks,  drays,  automo- 
biles for  year  1913. . . . 755 
Hacks,  drays,  automo- 
biles. Payable  in  ad- 
vance   250 

Hacks  drays,  automo- 
biles. Transferable 
only  by  consent  of 

Chief  of  Police 250 

How  and  when  issued.  . 239 

Itinerant  traders 242 

Liquor.  Power  of  city 
as  to  amount.  Ter- 
ritory. Charter 43 

Market  stall  renters. 

To  have 442 

Mayor  and  Aldermen 
may  revoke  all.  Char- 
ter   44 

Meat  sellers  other  than 

stall  renters 458 

Milk.  Applications  for 

to  sell 466,  467 

Milk.  Copy  milk  laws 

furnished  with 500 

Milk.  Issued  annually. 

Renewal  467 

Milk.  No  fees  for 468 

Milk.  Not  exchanged. . 239 
Milk.  Not  transferable. 
Except  when 239 

(27) 


Section. 


License — (Con.) 

Milk.  Numbered  on  de- 
livery wagon  483 

Milk.  To  sell 465-467 

Near  beer.  Chapter  34. 
Near  beer.  Amount  of 
tax  to  sell.  Wholesale 

and  retail  251 

Near  beer.  General  pro- 
visions   251 

Near  beer.  Not  issued 
for  price  for  less  than 

one  year  251 

Near  beer.  Not  trans-  • 
ferable  except  when.  251 
Near  beer.  Places  of 

sale.  Defined 251 

Near  beer,  posted  in 

places  of  business 251 

Near  beer.  Quantity 

limited  251 

Near  beer.  Quantity 

regulated  251 

Near  beer.  When  ex- 
pire   251 

Near  beer.  Revoked 

when  255 

Near  beer.  Tax  payable 

% in  advance 251 

Not  exchanged  239 

Peddlers  of  vegetables, 

fruits,  produce  and 

provisions  455 

Persons  represented  by 

agent  241 

Persons  subject  to  pay- 
ment of.  List 240 


410 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 


License — (Con.) 

Plumbers  509 

Plumbers.  Revoked. 

When  568 

Plumbing  work.  Appli- 
cation for 514 

Police  district  out  of 

city.  Charter 3 

Record  of  kept  by  City 
Marshal  96 

License  Taxes — 

Duty  of  Marshal  and 

police  as  to 245 

Former  Ordinances  con- 
tinue of  force 244 

Who  are  liable 239 


Liens — 

See  executions. 

Priority  of  for  city  taxes 
and  assessments.  Char- 
ter   45 

Lights — 

Injuring  street.  Penalty  775 

Light  and  Gas  Bills — 
Approved  by  Chairman 

each  department 231 

Chapter  31. 

Light  and  Power  Plant — 
Injuring  or  interfering 


with.  Penalty 780 

Limits — 

City  or  corporate.  Char- 
ter   2 

City.  Police  purposes. 
Charter  3 


Section. 

Limits — (Con.) 

Corporate  may  be  ex- 
tended. How.  Char- 
ter   2 

Liquors — 

Also  see  near  beer.  Also 
licenses.  Also  saloons  255 

City  may  regulate  sale  in 
police  districts.  Char- 


ter   3 

Dealers.  Bond  and  oath. 

Charter  43 

Keeping  or  storing  for 

illegal  sales 654 

License  to  sell  may  be 
revoked.  Regulations. 
Charter  43 


Sale  of,  regulated.  Licen- 
ses for.  Territory  em- 


braced. Charter 43 

Liquor  Licenses — 

Police  district.  How  col- 
lected. Charter 3 

Power  to  grant  in  police 
district  beyond  city. 
Charter  3 

List  of  Voters  Furnished 

Mayor  and  Council...  221 
Publication  of 221 


Livery  Stables — , 

Obstructing  sidewalks..  566 

Loitering — 

Disreptuable  women. 

Penalty  658 

On  streets.  Penalty 653 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


411 


Section. 

Locomotive  Whistles — 
Blowing  in  city  forbid- 


den. Penalty 795 

Lots — 

Sinks  near  line.  Pen- 
alty   729 


Lunch  Counters  and 
Stands — 

Screened  against  flies. . . 502 

Lunch  Stands — 

Streets  and  sidewalks. 
Forbidden  687 

M. 

Magazine  Keeper — 

Duties  and  fees  of.  .389-391 
Reports  to  Council  quar- 


terly   390 

Magazine — 

Storage  of  fire  works. 
Rates  744 

Managers  of  Elections — 

Appointment  of 211 

Duty  when  votes  chal- 
lenged   212 

Form  of  oath 217 

Form  of  returns  by 215 

Oath  of  212 

Oath  of.  How  taken...  215 

Prepare  ballots  for 

voters.  When 210 

To  count  votes.  How.  214 

To  require  voters  list 
kept  213 


Section. 

Mgrs.  of  Elections — (Con.) 

To  return  ballot  boxes 
and  lists  of  voters  to 
Clerk  under  seal 216 

Market  and  Magazine — 
Appropriations  1913. . . . 257 
Market  Clerk — 

See  also  Clerk  of  Mar- 
ket. 

Clerk  has  general  super- 


vision over 452 

Defacing  or  injuring. 

Penalty  461 

Delivery  wagons  to  have 

signs  450 

False  weights  and  meas- 
ures. Revocation  of 

License  451 

Gates  injured  or  broken. 

Penalty  156 

General  regulations 438 

Hours  439 


Market — 

Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Power  to  regulate. 


Charter  47 

Meats  delivered  in  clos- 
ed wagons 430 

Opening  and  closing 

hours  443 

Power  to  establish  gen- 
eral regulations.  Char- 
ter   47 


412 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 


Section. 


Market — (Con.) 

Cleanliness  of  salesmen.  447 

To  be  posted  at 462 

Renters  of  stalls  deliv- 
ery wagons.  Number 

regulated  446 

Renters  of  stalls.  Duties  442 
Renters  of  stalls.  Sur- 


renders possession  vio- 
lation of  contract....  442 
Renters  of  stalls.  To 


have  license 442 

Rent  of  stalls.  Payment 
of  rentals.  Rent  con- 
tracts   441 

Screened  against  flies..  502 
Screen  doors  left  open. 

Penalty  738 

See  also  Clerk  of  Market. 
Smoking  and  lounging  in 

forbidden  449 

Stalls  in.  Rented.  How 
and  when.  Regula- 
tions   440  | 

Vendors  at  other  than 
renters  of  stalls.  Reg- 
ulations   456 


Market  Regulations — 

Chapter  47. 

Market  Stalls — 

Sub-renting  forbidden 

except  when 442 

To  be  kept  clean  by 

renters.  Clerk’s  duties  448  j 
Use  of,  regulated.  .444,  445 


Marshal — 

Chapter  7. 

Administers  oath  to  tax 
payer  making  returns  227 
Assesses  property  not 
returned  for  taxation.  233 


Collects  executions 97 

Duties  as  to  licenses  and 

special  taxes 245 

Duty  as  to  licenses  and 

special  taxes 96 

Duty  as  to  executions. 

Charter  45 

Duty  as  to  removing 
buildings  as  nuisances. 

Charter  41 

Ex-officio  member  tax 

assessors  96 

General  duties 96 

Is  tax  receiver 224 

Office  established.  Sep- 
arate. Charter 13 

Processes  and  orders 

served  by 98 

Receives  tax  returns. 

Time  of 224 

Record  of  licenses  to  be 

kept  96 

Reports  weekly  to  Treas- 
urer   97 

See  also  City  Marshal. 

See  also  officers. 

Tax  executions  levied  by  226 
To  deliver  tax  books  to 
Council.  When 236 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


413 


Section. 

Marshal — (Con.) 

To  see  tax  returns  are 
according  to  assess- 
ments   233 

To  furnish  defaulters  list 

to  Council 225 

To  give  bond.  When. 

Charter  20 

To  turn  tax  books  over 
to  Treasurer  when 

closed  225 

Voting  booths.  To  be 

prepared  by  210 

Mayor — 

Appoints  Council  Com- 
mittees   800 

Appoints  election  man- 
agers. When 211 

Chief  of  Fire  Depart- 
ment to  report  defec- 
tive condition  of  plugs, 

hydrants,  etc 207 

Ex-officio  member  of  all 

committees  88 

Ex-officio  member  of 
Board  of  Trustees 

Public  Schools 194 

General  duties 76 

His  powers  and  duties. 

Charter  19 

May  enforce  quarantine 

regulations  406-410 

May  establish  quaran- 
tine. When  and  how. 

40ft  407  I 

May  make  rules  govern- 
ing hackmen.  Penalty  786  ■ 


Section. 


Mayor— (Con.) 

May  offer  rewards  for 
persons  committing 
depredations  in  ceme- 
teries   588 

May  remove  inmates  of 
disorderly  or  lewd 

houses.  Charter 42 

Oath  of.  Charter 12 

Qualifications  of.  Char- 
ter   9 


Salary  not  changed  dur- 
ing term.  Charter...  9 
Salary  to  be  fixed  by 
Mayor  and  Aldermen. 


Charter  9 

Term  of.  Charter 9 


Votes  in  elections  of 
officers.  Case  of  tie. 

Charter  

Votes  only  in  case  of 


tie  76 

Mayor  and  Aldermen — 
Authority  over  bridges. 

Charter  50 

Authority  over  schools 
and  buildings.  Char- 
ter   49 

Bonds  for  water  works. 

Charter  58 

City  government  vested 

in.  Charter  9, 

Condemnation  powers 
and  eminent  domain. 

Charter  51 

Contracts.  Powers.  Char- 
ter   51 


414 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Mayor  and  Aldermen — (Con.) 
Designate  election  man- 
agers. Charter 18 

Election  of.  Rules  gov- 
erning. Charter 10 

Elections.  Qualifica- 

tions of  voters.  Char- 
ter   10,  11 

Elect  Police  Commis- 
sioners. Charter 14 

Ex-officio  Justice  of  the 

Peace  46 

Fill  vacancies  in  Police 
Commission.  Char- 
ter   14  i 

Fix  number  of  police 

force.  Charter 14 

Fix  time  of  opening  and 
closing  polls.  Charter  18 
General  powers  over 
streets,  bridges,  sew- 
ers, water  supply, 
lights,  revenue  and 
general  welfare.  Char- 
ter   22,  23,  24 

Jurisdiction  over  police 

district.  Charter 4 

May  condemn  and  de- 
stroy impure  foods. 

Charter  47 

May  condemn  property 
for  public  works. 

Charter  51 

May  condemn  property 
for  quarantine  pur- 
poses. Charter 42 


Section. 

Mayor  and  Aldermen — (Con.) 
May  construct  water 
works.  Charter. ..  .62-69 
May  create  other  city 

offices.  Charter 13 

May  pension  policemen 
and  firemen.  Charter 

20-23 

May  remove  certain  offi- 
cers. When.  Charter.  13 
May  remove  officers. 
When  and  how.  Char- 
ter   20 

May  require  bonds  of 
certain  officers.  Char- 
ter   20 

May  revoke  liquor 
license.  Regulations. 

Charter  43 

Power  as  to  fire  limits 
and  regulations.  Char- 
ter   41 

Power  as  to  health  reg- 
ulations. Smallpox. 
Diseases.  Charter...  42 
Power  as  to  liquor  and 
liquor  licenses.  Char- 
ter   43 

Power  as  to  paving  and 
curbing  sidewalks.  As- 
sessments. Charter..  24 
Power  as  to  water 

works.  Charter 62-69 

Power  over  fire  limits 
and  fire  protection. 
Charter  41 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


415 


Section. 

Mayor  and  Aldermen — (Con.) 
Power  over  lewd  or 
disorderly  houses. 

Charter  42 

Power  over  various  bus- 
inesses in  city.  Char- 
ter   22-25 

Power  over  Water  Com- 
missioners. Charter..  66 
Power  over  wharf, 
wharfage,  port  dues, 
tolls,  etc.  Charter...  23 
Power  to  enforce  quar- 
antine regulations. 

Charter  42 

Power  to  establish  and 
maintain  market. 

Charter  47 

Power  to  move  car 
tracks,  hydrants,  poles, 
etc.  Street  works. 

Charter  . . . . 34 

Power  to  regulate  ped- 
dling of  food  stuffs. 

Charter  47 

Power  to  remove  build- 
ings, dangerous  and 
nuisances.  Charter..  41 
Power  to  require  fire 
escapes  in  buildings. 

Charter  41 

Power  to  tax  for  public 
schools.  Charter. ...  50 

Power  to  tax  horse  and 
mule  drovers.  Char- 
ter   23 


Section. 

Mayor  and  Aldermen — (Con.) 
Pure  food  laws  may  be 
enacted  by.  Charter..  47 

Qualifications.  Charter  9 

! Quarantine  regulations. 
Power  as  to  county. 

Charter  42 

Streets.  Power  to 
change  parks  and 
driveways.  Charter.  31-34 
Vaccination.  General 
powers  as  to.  Char- 
ter   42 

Water  supply.  May 
contract  for.  Charter  69 

To  be  furnished  with 
voters  list  by  Clerk  of 


Council  221 

To  elect  Mayor  pro  tem. 
Charter  21 


To  purge  voters  list....  221 

Mayor  and  Hospital 
Committee — 

Power  over  quarantine.  411 

Mayor  and  Mayor  Pro 
Tem — 

Chapter  2. 

Mayor  Pro  Tem — 

Election  and  duties 77 

Election,  powers  and 
duties  of.  Charter...  21 
Oath  and  compensation.  78 
Mayor’s  Court — 

Chapter  70. 

See  also  Recorder’s 
Court. 


416 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section.  ; 

Mayor’s  Court — (Con.) 
Abatement  of  nuisance.  732 


Bond  forfeitures 739 

Clerk  of  632 

Costs  paid  into  the 

Treasury  *. . 635 

May  punish  for  con- 
tempt   636 


See  also  Recorder’s 
Court. 

State  offenses.  Defend- 
ants bound  over 634 

Terms  and  powers.  .632-636 

Meat  Inspections — 

Fees  of  Health  Officer..  419 

Meat  Markets — 

Screened  against  flies..  502 

Meats  and  Fish — 

Selling  tainted.  Penalty  740 

Meats — 

Condemned  and  confis- 


cated. When, 434 

Condemned  by  Clerk  of 
Market  and  destroyed. 

How  459 

Condemned.  Destroyed. 

How  435 

Condemned.  When  and 

how  426 

Delivered  to  market  in 

closed  wagons 430 

Examinations  by  Health 
Officer.  Method  of 

conducting  429 

Health  Officer  to  inspect  419 


Section. 


Meats — (Con.) 

Hogs  for  slaughter. 

Stall  fed.  When 436 

How  inspected  and  con- 
demned   426 

Inspected  at  market  by 

Clerk  431 

Inspection.  Certificate 

of  Health  Officer 420 

Inspection  fees. 

Amounts  421 

Inspection.  Time  and 
place  fixed  by  Inspec- 
tor   433 

Offering  impure  for  sale. 

Penalty  434 

Peddling  on  streets  regu- 
lated   453,  454 

Power  of  city  to  regu- 
late sale  of  and  de- 
stroy. Charter 47 

Protected  from  flies. 

Penalty  739 

Slaughter  house. 

Chapter  46. 

Sold  by  others  than  stall 


renters.  Inspection 


of  459 

Sold  by  others  than  stall 

renters.  License 458 

Violations  of  regulations 
as  to.  Penalty 437 

Meat  Sellers — 

Other  than  stall  rent- 
ers   458 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


417 


Section. 


Meetings  of  Council 801 

Mayor  presides 801 

Order  of  business 801 

Public  and  political. 
Notice  to  be  given 
Mayor  799 


Merchandise  and  Furni- 
ture in  Streets. — 
Regulations.  Penalty...  702 

Milk  and  Dairies — 

Chapter  48. 

Adulterated.  Defined...  495 
Bottled  at  dairies  and 


depots  only 492 

Care  of 485 

Care  of  vessels 499 

Cream  and  ice  cream. 
Pure  defined  497 


Dairies.  How  to  be  kept. 

470-474 

Deliveries  into  infected 
houses.  Regulated... 

490,  491 

Deliveries  into  infected 
houses.  Contagious 
diseases.  Regulations  399 

Depots.  Cleanliness  and 


regulations  484 

Depots.  Screened 
against  flies. 502 


Diseased  cows.  Report- 
ed to  Health  Officer..  479 

Milkers  at  Dairies — 
Cleanliness.  Regula- 
tions   478 


Section. 


Milkers  at  Dairies — (Con.) 

Not  to  enter  infected 
premises  481 

Milk— 

For  sale.  Temperature 

regulations  493 

From  diseased  cows. 

Sale  of  penalty  for  475,  476 

Illegal  sales  of 469 

Infected  premises,  no 

sales  from 480 

Mayor  and  Aldermen 
may  regulate  sale  im- 
pure. Charter 47 

Preservatives.  Allitera- 
tions. Watering.  .494,  495 

Defined  487 

Refrigerators.  Regula- 
tions   489 

Regulations  as  to.  Pen- 
alty   501 

Sale  of  impure  forbid- 
den   488 

See  also  dairies. 

Skimmed.  Sale  of.  Reg- 
ulations   498 

Time  of  marketing 486 

Used  for  ice  cream. 

Regulations  493 

Vehicles  delivering. 
Name  of  dairy  and 

number  on 483 

Vehicles.  Regulations 
as  to 482 


418 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 


Milk  Permits — 

Copy  of  milk  laws  fur- 
nished   500 

Issued  annually.  Re- 
newals   467 

No  fees  for 468 

To  sell 465 

Minors — 

Entering  billiard  or  pool 
room.  Penalty 655 


In  saloons.  Penalty 655 

Miscellaneous  Items — 
Appropriations  1913....  257 

Mobile  and  Girard  Rail- 
road Stock — 

Chapter  67. 

Sale  of  by  city 616-622 

Motion  Picture  Shows — 
Wearing  hats  in.  Mana- 
ger’s duty 665,  666 

See  theatres. 

Motorcycles — 

On  sidewalks.  Penalty.  754 
Regulations.  Riding  one 
in  front  of  driver  for- 


bidden   693 

Motormen  on  Street  Cars — 
Powers  of  policemen  to 

arrest  615 

Powers  of  police  in 
police  district 638 

Moving  Picture  Shows — 

See  theatres.  Motion 
Picture  shows. 


Section. 


Moving  Trains  or  Cars — 
Getting  on  or  off.  Pen- 
alty   664 

Mules  and  Horses  Loose 
in  Streets  Taken  Up — 
Penalty  673 

Mules  or  Horses — 

Running  at  large.  Pen- 
alty   671 


N. 

Name  of  Streets — 

See  streets. 

Naptha — 

See  explosive  oils. 

Near  Beer  Dealer — 

See  also  saloons.  License 
and  Near  Beer. 

License  revoked  for 
disorderly  conduct 
and  violations  of  law.  255 
Penalty  for  violating 


regulations  256 

Near  Beer  Licenses — 

For  1913.  Chapter  34. 
Amount  of.  Wholesale. 

Retail  251 

Due  in  advance 251 

Expire.  When 251 

Posted  in  place  of  busi- 
ness   251 

Regulations  as  to 251 

Retail.  Quantity  limit 
of  sales  251 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


419 


Section. 


Near  Beer  License — 

-(Con.) 

Revoked.  When 

and 

how  

255 

Time  limit  of. 

One 

year  

251 

Transferable. 

When. 

Regulations  . . . 

251 

Wholesale.  Quantity 

sales  limited... 

251 

Near  Beer  Saloons — 
Locations.  Changed  only 


Minors  forbidden 

in. 

Penalty  

655 

Women  forbidden 

in. 

Penalty  

657 

Negroes — 

Separate  seats  in 

cars. 

Penalty  

789 

North  Highlands  Railroad 

Company — 

Laws  relating  to.. 

..628-631 

Nuisances — 

Abatement  of.  City’s 

powers.  Charter. 

1 

Abatement  of.  City’s 
specific  powers.  Char- 
ter   48 


Abatement  of.  Record- 
er’s Court.  Duties. 

Penalties  732,  733 

Buildings.  City’s  powers 
to  remove.  Charter. . 41 

Citizens  reports  of. 
Duties  Board  of  Health  191 


Section. 

Nuisances — (Con.) 

Defined  and  power  to 


abate.  Charter 48 

Curing  hides  in  city. 

Penalty  728 

Drainage  of  lots.  Ex- 
pense of  owners.  Col- 
lection. How  en- 
forced   416 

Maintaining.  Penalty. 

Charter  48 

Open  wells  and  cisterns. 

Abatement  of 412 

Premises  unclean.  Pen- 
alty   730-734 


Stagnant  water.  Abate- 
ment and  expense  of 

415,  416 

Wells  and  cisterns.  Fill- 
ed. Expense  of 412 

Numbering  Houses — 

Method  of 548 

See  also  houses. 

O. 

Oath — 

Aldermen.  Charter 12 

Election  managers. 
Form.  How  taken  212-217 

General  Inspector 128 

Health  Officer 139 


Mayor.  Charter 12 

Mayor  Pro  Tem.  Char- 
ter   12-78 

Port  Wardens 179 

Sanitary  Inspector 164 


420 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section,  j 

Oath — (Con.) 

Superintendent  of  Public 

Works  121  | 

Tax  Assessors 222 

Tax  payer  to  returns...  227  j 

Voter.  Challenged 212 

Voter.  Manager  may  re- 
quire. Charter  form.  17  I 

Voter  to  register 221 

Water  Commissioners. 
Charter  61 

Obscene  Writings — 

Defacing  property.  Pen- 
alty   661 

Obscene  Language — 

Penalty  646  | 

Over  telephone.  Penalty  663 

Obstructions — 

Bridges.  Penalty 747  I 

Columbus  Railroad  Com- 
pany tracks.  Penalty.  614  j 
Crossings.  Railroad  with 
trains  or  cars.  Streets. 


Penalty  696 

Car  tracks,  hydrants, 
poles,  etc.  May  be  re- 
moved from  streets. 

Charter  34 

Sidewalks.  Penalty....  562 
Sidewalks,  boxes,  mer- 


chandise, etc.  Penalty 

564,  565 

Sidewalks.  By  livery 


stable  keepers 566 

Sewers.  Penalty 568 

Streets.  Penalty 703 


Section. 

Obstructions — (Con.) 

Streets.  Danger  signals 
to  be  placed.  When. 


Penalty  707 

Streets.  Power  of  city 
as  to.  Charter 1 

Obstructing  Legal 
Process — 

Penalty  639 

Offi  cers — 

See  also  police  and 
Chief  of  Police. 


Elected  by  Council  (Gen- 
eral City  Officers) 

Bonds.  Charter 20 

Elected  by  Council. 

Compensation  of  Char- 
ter   81 

Elected  by  Council.  Dis- 
charged. When.  Char- 
ter   83 

Elected  by  Council.  Eli- 
gible. Who  are.  Char- 
ter   80 

Elected  by  C o u n c il . 
Time  of  electing.  Char- 
ter   79 

Improper  conduct  at 
elections.  Charter...  13 
Mayor  and  Council  may 
elect  additional.  Char- 
ter   13 

Mayor  and  Council.  Pow- 
er to  remove.  Char- 
ter   13 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


421 


Section. 

Officers — (Con.) 

Mayor  and  Council  may 


increase  number. 

Charter  13 

Salaries.  Fixed  by  May- 
or and  Council.  Char- 
ter   13 

Soliciting  votes.  Pen- 
alty   220 

Vacancies  Mayor  and 
Council  may  fill.  Char- 
ter   13 

Oils— 

See  also  explosive  oils. 
Failure  to  store.  Pen- 
alty   742 

Storage  in  cellars.  Pen- 
alty   743 


Old  Woman’s  Home — 

See  appropriation  1914. 


Opera  Houses — 

Wearing  hats  in.  Pen- 
alty   665,  666 

Order  of  Business — 

Council  meetings 801 

Ordinance — 


Adopting  this  Code.  .805,  806 

Ordinances — 

Adopting  of  by  Council. 

Method.  Charter 78 

Enacting.  Style  of 802 

How  read  and  adopted 

803,  804 

Signed  and  approved  by 
Mayor  804,  805 


P.  Section. 

Paints  and  Oils — 

Storage  in  cellars.  Pen- 
alty   743 

Parks — 

Also  see  Exposition  Park. 

Appropriation  for  year, 

1913  257 

Building  material  and 
shrubbery  in.  Regula- 
tions. Penalty 720 

Certajn  vehicles  in.  Pen- 
alty   711 


Chinaberry,  mulberry, 
and  sycamore  trees. 
Forbidden.  Penalty..  692 
Disorderly  conduct.  Pen- 


alty   713 

Disorderly  conduct  and 
depredations.  A 1 1 
parks.  Penalty 719 


Drunkenness  at.  Penalty  640 
Injuring  or  defacing 
property.  Penalty....  715 
Policemen.  Powers  in 


police  district 638 

Reckless  driving  in. 
Penalty  714 


Rubbish  and  trash  in 
fountain.  Penalty. 721,  722 
See  also  Exposition  Park. 
Street  parks.  How  estab- 
lished   718 

Trespassing.  Injuring 
shrubbery.  Penalty..  711 


422 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Parks  and  Squares — 

General  powers  to  es- 
tablish and  maintain. 
Charter  22 

Passengers — 

Street  cars.  Refusing 
assignments  of  seats. 

Penalty  790 

Street  cars.  Separate 
seats  for  white  and 
colored.  Violation. 
Penalty  789 

Paupers — 

Burial  of.  Appropria- 
tions for  year,  1913..  257 
General  powers  of  May- 
or and  Aldermen. 


Charter  22 

Pavements — 

Also  see  streets. 

Tearing  up  for  laying 
pipes.  Regulations. 
Penalty  706 

Paved  Streets — 

Hauling  heavy  material 
on.  Penalty 680 


Tearing  up.  Penalty...  705 
Paving — 

Assessments  for  equaliz- 
ed. Limit  of  amount. 

Charter  27 

Assessments.  Lien  on 
Property.  How  en- 
forced. Charter 28 


Section. 

Paving — (Con.) 

Assessments.  Property 
sold  for.  Deeds.  Char- 


ter   29 

Assessments.  When  due  579 
Railroads.  Assessments 
against.  Power  of  city. 

Charter  26 

Resolutions.  Not  repeal- 
ed by  this  Code 806 

Sidewalks.  Assessments 

and  executions  576 

Sidewalks.  Assessments. 

When  due 579 

Sidewalks.  Bids  and 

contracts  for 575 

Sidewalks.  Done  by 

city  or  contract 574 

Sidewalks.  Duty  of  Sup- 
erintendent of  Public 

Works  574 

Sidewalks.  Power  of 

Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Assessments.  Charter 


24-26 

Paving  and  Curbing — 

Chapter  58. 

Sidewalks.  By  owners. 
When  578 

Peddlers  and  Itinerant 
Traders — 

General  powers  of  city 


over.  Charter 23 

Peddlers — 

Of  meats.  Other  than 
stall  renters.  Meats 
inspected 459 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


423 


Section. 

Peddlers — (Con.) 

Of  meats.  Other  than 
stall  renters.  License.  458 
Of  vegetables,  meats, 
etc.  Power  of  city  to 

regulate.  Charter 47 

Of  vegetables,  produce 
and  provisions. 

License  455 

Of  produce  and  provis- 
ions on  streets.  Reg- 
ulations   453,  454 

Protect  meat  from  flies. 
Penalty  739 

Pellagra — 

Also  see  contagious  dis- 
eases. 

To  be  reported  by  phy- 
sicians or  others  to 
Health  Officer 395 

Pensions — 

Firemen  and  policemen. 

When.  Charter 70-73 

Policemen  and  firemen. 
When.  Charter 70-73 


Perjury — 

See  false  swearing. 

Permits — 

Also  see  burial  permits. 
Building.  Application 

for  259 

Building.  Failure  to  ob- 
tain. Penalty 769 

Building.  Form  of 259 

Building.  General  In- 
spector grants 259 


Section. 


Permits — (Con.) 

Building.  General  In- 
spector records 259 

Building.  In  fire  limits.  259 
Cars  and  locomotives. 

To  cross  bridges 746 

Doorways.  Through 

party  walls 300 

Electrical  work.  Appli- 
cation to  General  In- 
spector   276 

Electrical  works.  In 

Buildings  276 

Erect  buildings.  May  be 
refused  by  General  In- 
spector   361 

Locomotives  and  cars. 

To  cross  bridges 744 

Milk.  To  sell.  Copy 
Milk  Ordinance  fur- 
nished with 501 


Milk  and  cream.  To  sell  465 
Milk  and  cream.  To  sell. 

Applications  for.. 466,  467 
Plumbing  work.  Appli- 
cations for 514 

Repair  buildings.  Fail- 
ure to  obtain.  Pen- 
alty   769 

Repair  of  roofs 373 

Repairing  fences,  walls, 
or  copings  in  ceme- 
teries. Duty  of  Super- 
intendent of  Public 


Works  595 

Sewer  connections.  Ap- 
plications   555 


424 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section,  j 

Permits — (Con.) 


Sewer  connections. 
Granted  by  Superin- 
tendent of  Public 


Works  

555 

Signs  over  sidewalks. 

Regulations.  Penalty. 

708 

Storage  of  explosive  oils. 

Applications  for 

376 

Pest  House — 

Escaping  from.  Penalty 

726  1 

Physician — 

Also  see  City  Physician. 

Physicians — 

Births  and  deaths  re- 

ported to  Registrar  of 

Vital  Statistics. ..  .197, 

198 

Notify  Health  Officer. 

Contagious  diseases. . 

395 

Pits. — Sinks. — Privies — 

Regulations  and  restric- 

tions. To  be  kept 

clean.  Penalty 

729 

Planting  Trees — 

In  streets.  Regulations. 

571 

Plumbers — 

License  

509 

License.  Revoked. 

When  

568 

Must  be  competent. 

License  

513 

Air  and  vent  pipes.. 533, 

534 

Cast  iron  pipes 

540 

Connections  with  sew- 

Section. 

Plumbers — (Con.) 

Connections  with  sew- 
ers   517 

Construction  rules  and 

regulations  507-548 

Defined  510 

Exhaust  pipes . . . 539 

Flush  tanks 535-537 

Houses  separately  con- 
nected. Regulations.  521 

Joists  541 

Lead  pipes  and  con- 
nections   542,  543 

Material.  Quality.  Work- 
manship   544 

Plans  of.  Filed  with 
General  Inspector. . . . 523 
Pipe  from  buildings. 
Grades  529 

. Regulations.  Chapter  50. 

Plumbing  Regulations — 

Power  of  Committee  on 
Streets  and  Sewers...  547 

Violation.  Penalty 546 

Violation  of.  Penalty...  511 
Violation  of.  Penalty..  515 
Soil  and  waste  pipes  527,  528 
Tested  and  approved. 

General  Inspector .525,  526 
Traps  to  be  ventilated. . . 532 
Waste  pipes  in  refrig- 
erators   538 

Plumbing — 

Waste  pipes  and  traps 

530,  531 
535-537 


ers 


507 


Water  closets 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


425 


Section. 

Section. 

Poles — 

Police — (Con.) 

In  streets.  Kept  in  re- 

Ex-officio  constables  of 

pair.  Penalty 

689 

county.  Charter 

46 

In  streets.  Marked.  How. 

Failure  to  make  affi- 

Penalty   

690 

davit  forwarrant.  Pen- 

In streets.  Painted.  Pen- 

alty.  Charter 

46 

alty  

689 

Gambling  houses  raided 

by.  Charter 

46 

Pole  Wire  Lines — 

Impersonating.  Penalty  641 

Construction.  Regula- 

Pensions  for.  Charter.  70-73 

tion.  Penalty 

691 

Powers  and  duties  to  ar- 

rest. Charter 

46 

Police — 

Powers  at  parks 

651 

Also  see  Chief  of  Police. 

Report  to  Mayor  viola- 

Accumulation combus- 

tions  of  state  laws. 

tible  material.  Cellars 

Charter  

46 

and  yards.  Duty  as  to. 

Subject  to  call  of  Sheriff. 

Penalty  

754 

Charter  

46 

Appropriations  for  year 

Police  Commission — 

1913  

257 

Chairman.  Election  and 

City  may  have  in  police 

powers.  Charter 

14 

district  out  of  city. 

Created.  Charter 

14 

Charter  

6 

Elect  Chief  of  Police. 

Inspect  buildings  for 

Charter  

13 

ashes  and  wooden  ves- 

Election and  number  of 

sels  

393 

Commissioners.  Char- 

Inspect saloons 

253 

ter  

14 

Keep  sidewalks  open. 

Powers  and  duties  of. 

Failure  to  obey  orders 

Charter  

14 

of.  Penalty 

567 

Powers  over  police  force. 

Licenses  and  special 

Charter  

14 

taxes.  Duty  as  to. . . . 

245 

Qualifications  and  terms 

Special  reports  to  Health 

of.  Charter 

14 

Officer  

141 

Police  District — 

Duty  as  to  crimes  and 

Chapter  71. 

suspected  places.  Char- 

City may  establish  police 

ter  

46 

system  in.  Charter.. 

6 

(28) 


426 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 


Police  District — (Con.) 

Fines  collected  from. 

Charter  5 

Limits  defined 651 

No  part  of  city  proper. 

Charter 7 

Out  of  city.  City  juris- 
diction over.  Charter  4 
Out  of  city.  Recorder’s 
jurisdiction  over. 

Charter  5 

Power  of  city  over 651 

Three  miles  beyond 
limits.  Charter 3 

Police  Force — 


Mayor  and  Aldermen  fix 
number  of.  Charter.  14 
Power  of  Commission 
over.  May  remove. 
Charter  14 

Police  Whistle — 

Echo  whistle  adopted. . . 642 
Imitating.  Penalty 642 

Political  Meeting — 

Notice  to  be  given  May- 
or. Penalty 799 

Polls— 

Opening  and  closing  at 
elections.  Regulations  214 

Polling  Places — 

Mayor  and  Aldermen  fix 
time  for  opening  and 

closing.  Charter 18 

Separate  for  negroes  and 
whites.  Charter 18 


Section. 


Pool  Rooms — 

Minors  forbidden  in. 
Penalty  \ 646 

Port  Dues 182 

Port  Wardens — 

Duties  178 

Fees  of 180 

Oath  of  179 

Powers  of 179 

Powers  over  wharf 181 

Records  kept  by 179 

Wharf.  Number  and 
election  of 177 

Posting  Bills — 

On  property.  In  city. 
Penalty  786 

Pound — 

See  impounding. 


Powder  Magazine — 


See  magazine. 

Powder — 

Quantity  kept  by  deal- 
ers. Regulated 388 

Storage  rates 391 

Storage  regulations 387 

Powers — 

General.  Under  charter. 
Charter  1 

Power  Companies — 


Service  wires  in  build- 
ings. Not  connected 
without  Inspector’s 
certificate  277 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


427 


Section. 


Poultry — 

See  dressed  poultry. 


Precincts — 

See  elections. 


Premises — 

Stagnant  water  and  gar- 
bage on.  Penalty  730-734 

Printing  and  Advertising — 
Appropriations  for  year 


1913  257 

Prisoners — 

General  powers  to  care 
for.  Charter 22 


Private  Property — 

Public  regulations.  Chap- 
ter 63. 

Privies — 

Forbidden  certain  dis- 
tricts. Regulations. 

Penalty  736 

Sinks.  Pits.  Kept  clean. 
Regulations  and  re- 
strictions. Penalty...  729 

Process — 

Obstructing  legal 639 

Process  and  Orders — 

City  Marshal  to  serve. . . 98 

Produce- 

Farmers  may  sell  to 

dealers.  When 464 

Peddlers  of.  License...  455 
Peddling  on  streets. 

Regulated 453,  454 

Sold  by  truck  farmers. . 457 


Section. 

Profane  Language — 

Over  telephone.  Pen- 
alty   663 

Property — 

Injuring  or  defacing. 

Penalty  777 

Private.  Public  regula- 
tions. Chapter  63. 

Protection  from  Flies — 
(Criminal  Code.)  Chap- 
ter 74. 

Provisions — 

Peddlers  of.  License...  455 

Public  Buildings — 

General  power  of  city  to 
erect.  Charter 22 

Public  Debt — 

Also  see  bonds  and  debt. 
Elections  to  incur.  Pow- 


er. Charter 73 

Increase  of  by  bonds. 

Charter  73 

Limitation  of.  Charter.  73 

i 

Limitation  of  bond  is- 
sues. Charter 73 

Ordinances  increasing 

not  repealed 807 

Tax  rate  limited.  Char- 
ter   73 

Public  Halls— 

In  fire  limits.  Building 
regulations  272 


428 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Public  Health — 

Also  see  contagious  dis- 
eases. 

Also  see  nuisances. 

Contagious  diseases.  Pro- 
tection of  against. 
Chapter  41. 

(Criminal  Code.)  Chap- 
ter 73. 

Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Power  to  condemn 
food  stuffs.  Charter.  47 

Nuisances.  Stagnant 
water.  Garbage  on 
premises.  Penalty  730,  731 

Public  Indecency — 


Penalty  650 

Public  Library — 

Chapter  62. 

Annual  appropriation. 

Support  of 598 

Donation  Andrew  Car- 
negie accepted 598 

Public  Meeting — 

Notice  to  be  given  May- 
or. Penalty 799 

Public  Property — 

Defacing  or  injuring. 
Penalty  777 

Public  Safety — 


(Criminal  Code.)  Chap- 
ter 75. 

Public  Schools — 

Also  see  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. 


Section. 


Public  Schools — (Con.) 

Also  see  schools. 

Appropriations  for 601 

Board  of  Trustees 608 

Board  of  Trustees.  Al- 
dermen ineligible. . . . 195 
Board  of  Trustees.  Num- 
ber. Qualifications. 

Term.  Elections 195 

Board  of  Trustees.  City 
Treasurer  is  treasurer 

of  94 

Board  of  Trustees.  Pow- 
ers and  duties.  Char- 
ter   49 

Board  of  Trustees.  Re- 
ports to  Council 600 

Board  of  Trustees.  Va- 
cancies declared.  How  602 


Buildings  fumigated. 
Contagious  diseases.  Ex- 
clusion of  pupils 403 

Contagious  diseases. 
Time  of  admission  of 
students  after  recovery  403 


Disturbing.  Penalty...  781 
Fund  for.  Paid  over  to 

city.  Charter 49 

General  regulations. 

Charter  49 

Mayor  Ex-officio  mem- 
ber Board  of  Trus- 
tees   194 

Power  of  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen as  to.  Char- 
ter   49 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


429 


Section. 


Public  Schools — (Con.) 

Tax  for.  Poll  and  prop- 
erty may  be  levied. 

Charter  49 

Taxation  to  maintain. 

Charter  49 

Trustees  of.  To  make 
reports  to  Council. 
Charter  49 


Vacancies  in  Board  of 
Trustees.  How  filled.  195 
Whites  and  colored  sep- 


arate. Charter 49 

Public  School  Fund — 

Paid  over  to  city.  Char- 
ter   49 


Public  School  Trustees — 

To  make  reports  to 
Council.  Charter. ...  49 

Public  Works — 

Also  see  Superintendent 
of  Public  Works. 

City  may  condemn  prop- 
erty for.  Regulations. 
Charter  51 

Pure  Food  Regulations — 

Also  see  cream. 

Also  see  food  products. 

Also  see  milk. 

Adulterated  milk  and 

cream 495,  496 

Clerk  of  market  to  con- 
demn and  destroy  im- 
pure meats.  When 
and  how 459 


Section. 

Pure  Food  Reg. — (Con.) 


Cold  storage  eggs. 

Pen- 

alty  

770 

Delivery  wagons  screen- 

ed  from  flies. . . . 

506 

Dressed  poultry. 

Pen- 

alty  

771 

Duties  of  Sanitary  In- 

spector 

.171,  172 

Foods  protected 

from 

flies  

. .502-506 

Hogs  for  slaughter  to  be 

stall  fed.  When 

434 

Meats  condemned 

and 

destroyed.  When. 

.434,  435 

Power  of  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen as  to.  Charter  47 


Selling  tainted  fish  and 
vegetables  and  meats. 

Penalty  753 

Violation  of.  Penalty. . 437 

Q. 

Quarantine — 

Chapter  42. 

Against  other  places. 

Mayor  may  establish.  406 
Contagious  diseases. 

Health  Officer’s  duty. . 396 
Contagious  diseases 

passed.  When 402 

Contagious  diseases.  Re- 
lease of  patients 401 

County.  Mayor  and 
Council  may  establish 

in.  Powers 42 

Enforcement  of 406-409 


430 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Quarantine — (Con.) 

Established  by  Mayor. 

How  406 

General  powers  over. 

Charter  22 

House.  Warning  cards. 

Regulations  397 

Limits.  Mayor  and  Hos- 
pital Committee  fix. . . 411 
Limits.  Publication  of.  411 
Modifications  by  Health 

■ Officer  398 

Patients  escaping  from 
pest  house.  Penalty. . 726 
Persons  violating.  Pen- 
alty   407-410 

Rules  of 398 

Quarry — 

See  rock  quarry. 

Quorum — 

See  Council. 

R. 

Railroad  Cars — 

Standing  on  streets.  Reg- 
ulations. Penalty 695 

Railroad  Companies — 

Chapter  65. 

Rights  to  streets  and 
commons  lands. . . .611-616 
See  also  Columbus  Rail- 
road Company. 

See  also  Mobile  and  Gir- 
ard Railroad  Com- 
pany. 


Section. 

Railroad  Companies — (Con.) 
See  also  North  High- 
lands Railroad  Com- 
pany. 

Tracks  in  streets. 

Railroad  Crossings — 

Chapter  54. 

Cars  standing  on.  Reg- 
ulations. Penalty....  695 
Construction  and  main- 
tenance   560 

Construction.  Duty  of 
Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Works 560 

Construction  regulations 
as  failure  to  construct. 

Penalty  560 

Flagman  station  at  13th 

Street.  Penalty 559 

Sidewalks  and  cross- 
walks   560 

Trains  and  cars  ob- 
structing. Penalty...  696 
Railroad  Stocks — 

Sale  of  by  city 620-626 

Railroads — 

Assessed  for  paving  and 
street  improvement. 

Charter  26 

Obstructing  street  car 

tracks  forbidden 618 

Paving  assessments 
against.  How  enforced  26 
See  also  railroad  cross- 
ings. 

Tracks.  In  streets.  Reg- 
ulations   611 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


431 


Section. 

Railroads — (Con.) 

Tracks  moved  for  street 
work.  City’s  powers. 

Charter  34 

Trestles.  Crossing.  Pen- 
alty   753,  754 

Rates — 

Fixed  for  hacks.  Viola- 
tions. Penalty 788 

Receiver  of  Taxes — 

Marshal  is. 

See  City  Marshal. 

See  Tax  Returns. 


Reckless  Driving — 

In  parks.  Penalty 714 

On  streets.  Penalty 763 

Riding.  Bicycles.  Pen- 
alty   760 

Recorder — 

Chapter  10. 


Jurisdiction  over  police 
district  out  of  city. 


Charter  4 

May  be  removed.  Char- 
ter   44 

Office  created,  election, 
term  and  salary  of . . . 119 

Qualifications  and  term 
of  Charter  44 

Recorder’s  Court — 

Chapter  70. 

Abatement  of  nuisances 


732,  733 


Bond  forfeitures 637 

Clerk  of 632 


Section. 

Recorder’s  Court — (Con.) 

Clerk’s  duties 633 

Costs  paid  into  Treasury  635 
Form  of  commitments 
to  state  courts.  Char- 
ter   46 

Judgments  enforced. 

Charter  44 

Jurisdiction  and  powers. 

Charter  44 

Offenders  bound  over  to 
state  courts.  Charter.  46 
Power  of  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen to  establish. 


Charter  44 

Power  to  punish  for  con- 
tempt   636 

State  offenses.  Defend- 
ants bound  over 634 


Terms  and  powers  of . . . 631 
Register — 

Voters  entitled  to.  Char- 


ter   16 

Registered  Lists — 

Clerk  to  furnish  to  man- 
agers. Charter 17 

Registrar  of  Vital  Statis- 
tics— 

Clerk  of  Council  is 196 

To  keep  records 200 

To  keep  records  of  births 

and  deaths 198 

Registration  Books — 

To  be  kept  open  by 
Clerk.  When  and 
how.  Charter 16 


432 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Registration  of  City 
Bonds — 

Treasurer’s  duty 230(a) 

Registration  of  Voters — 

Power  of  city  to  require. 

Charter  10 

Rules  governing 221 

Registration — 

Special  for  bond  elec- 
tions. Charter 16 

Repairs — 

Sidewalks.  Paving  and 
curbing.  Assessments  577 

Resisting  Officer — 

Penalty  639 

Restaurants — 

Screened  against  flies...  502 

Rewards — 

See  Mayor. 

Riding- — 

Bicycles  on  certain  side- 
walks. Penalty 758 

Bicycles  without  bells 
or  horns  and  lights. 


Penalty  760 

Mortorcycles  on  side- 
walks. Penalty 756 

River — 


Bathing  in.  Regulations  661 


See  also  boats. 

Rock  Quarry — 

Chapter  61. 

Rules  governing 597 

Supervisor.  Power  and 
duty  597 


Section. 


Roofs — 

Of  all  buildings  in  cer- 
tain districts  in  city. 

Specifications  371 

Permits  for  repairs 373 

Rafters  and  sheathing. . 374 

Repairs  of  in  city 372 

Running  wires  in  with- 
out consent  of.  Pen- 
alty   785 


Rules  of  Council — 

Chapter  77. 

Rules  of  Council 801 

Rules  Governing  Hack- 
men — 

Mayor  may  make.  Pen- 
alty   787 

Rules  of  the  Road — 

See  also  bridges. 

Violation.  Penalty 693 

S. 

Salaries — 


Appropriations  for  year 


1913  257 

General  powers  of  May- 
or and  Aldermen  over. 

Charter  22 

None  on  Board  of 

Health  192 

Not  to  be  increased  or 
diminished  during 

term  81 

Of  officers  and  employ- 
es. Mayor  and  Coun- 
cil may  fix.  Charter. . 13 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


433 


Section. 

Section. 

Salaries — (Con.) 

Saloons — 

Of  officers  elected  by 

Minors  forbidden  in. 

Council  

81 

Penalty  

655 

Of  officers  not  to  be 

No  screens,  partitions. 

changed  during  terms. 

obstructions  in 

252 

Charter  

13 

Opening  and  closing 

Of  Tax  Assessors 

222 

hours  

252 

General  Inspector 

128 

See  also  near  beer. 

Health  Officer 

139 

Subject  to  inspection  by 

Health  Officer.  Ceases 

police  

253 

on  discharge  or  sus- 

Sunday  regulations 

254 

pension  

140 

1 Women  not  allowed  in. 

Hospital  keeper  

144 

Penalty  

657 

Mayor  pro  tem 

78 

Recorder  

119 

Sanitary  Committee — 

Sanitary  Inspector 

163 

Determines  appeals. 

Street  Overseer 

137 

Plumbing  

512 

Superintendent  Public 

Duty  to  inspect  water 

Works  

121 

closets  

735 

Superintendent  Public 

Sanitary  Inspector — 

Works  suspended  on 

Chapter  18. 

discharge  

123 

Costs  incurred.  Paid  by 

Sale— 

property  owners. 

Of  railroad  stocks  by 

When  

170 

city  620-626 

Duty  as  to  drainage  and 

Also  see  execution  sales. 

stagnant  water 

413 

Auction.  In  streets.  Ar- 

Duty as  to  meats,  vege- 

ticles removed.  Regu- 

tables and  im  p u r e 

lations.  Penalty.  .675, 

676 

foods  

171 

Execution.  Law  govern- 

General and  special 

ing.  Charter 

45 

duties  of 

168 

Of  food  stuffs,  meats, 

May  enter  private  prop- 

vegetables, etc.  Power 

erty.  When 

169 

of  city  to  regulate. 

Monthly  reports  to  May- 

Charter   

47 

or  and  Council 

175 

See  also  execution  sales. 

Oath  and  bond  of 

164 

434 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Sanitary  Inspector — (Con.) 
Office  created.  Term  and 


salary  of 163 

Office  established.  Char- 
ter   13 

Office  may  be  abolished.  167 

Reports  to  Mayor 168 

Reports  to  Mayor  and 

Board  of  Health 176 

Salary  ceases  on  suspen- 
sion or  discharge....  166 
Special  report  to  Health 

Officer  141 

Suspended  or  discharg- 
ed. When  165 

To  enforce  sanitary 

regulations  174 

To  fumigate  infected 

houses  402 

To  inspect  old  clothing. 

Reports  of 173 

Under  direction  of  May- 
or and  Board  of  Health  176 


Sanitary  Regulations — 

Drainage  of  stagnant 

water  413 

Duty  of  Sanitary  Inspec- 
tor to  enforce 174 


Residents  to  keep  prem- 
ises clean.  Penalty. . 190 
See  also  Committee  on 
Sanitation. 

Stagnant  water  and  gar- 
bage on  premises.  .730-734 
Stagnant  water  on  prem- 
ises. Penalty 414  j 


Section. 


Sanitary  Reg. — (Con.) 

Street  Committee.  Pow- 
ers over  drainage 415 

Sanitation — 

Appropriations  for  year 
1914  257 


Scales — 

See  city  scales. 

Scarlet  Fever — 

Also  see  contagious  dis- 
eases. 

Reported  by  physicians 
or  others  to  Health 


Officer  395 

Schools — 

Appropriations  for 601 

Board  of  Trustees 599 

City  may  aid.  May 
pledge  credit.  Char- 
ter   1 

Disturbing.  Penalty 781 

Management  of.  Char- 
ter   49 

See  also  public  schools. 
Screen  Doors — 

At  market.  Left  open. 

Penalty  738 

Screens — 

All  food  products  en- 
closed by 503 


Selling- 

Cold  storage  eggs.  Reg- 
ulations. Penalty 770 

Tainted  fish  and  meats 
and  other  foods.  Pen- 
alty   740 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


435 


Section. 

Sewers  and  House  Connec- 
tions   5G8 

Sewers — 

Applications  for  permits  568 
Appropriations  for  year 
1913  257 

Sewer  Connections — 

Expense  of.  Deposit...  568 

Houses  separate 521 

Permits.  Duty  Superin- 
tendent Public  Works.  568 
Plans.  Materials.  Pipes. 


Regulations  568 

Sewer — 

Connections  with 507 


Connections  with.  Gen- 
eral Inspector’s  duties  517 

Sewers — 

Committee  on.  Power 
over  plumbing  regula- 


tions   547 

Construction  and  regula- 
tions. Charter 56 


House  connections.  Per- 
mits. Applications...  568 
Injury  and  damage  to..  508 
Injury  and  obstructions  568 
Inspections  and  tests...  568 
Old  sewers  relaid  or  re- 
placed. Rules  govern- 
ing   518,  519 

Opening  in  paved  streets  569 
Power  of  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen over.  Char- 
ter   


Section. 

Sewers — (Con.) 

See  also  plumbing  regu- 
lations. 

Size  of  pipes  leading  to 
main.  Regulations...  520 
Tapping.  Expense  of. 


Penalty  710 

Tapping  without  per- 
mission. Regulations. 
Penalty  709 

Sexton — 

Of  Riverdale  cemetery. 
Keeper  of  Exposition 

Park  162 

Sec  also  city  sexton. 

Sextons — 

Burial  permits  to  be 

kept  by 201 

General  duties 157 

Have  powers  of  police- 
men   160 

Pauper  burials  by 159 

Receive  part  of  lines. 

Certain  cases 161 

Records  to  be  kept  by. . . 158 
Reports  of  repairs  and 
work  157 


Shade  Trees — 

See  trees. 

Sheds — 

In  lire  limits 363 

Over  sidewalks.  Specifi- 
cations   368 

Shops — 

General  power  of  city 
over.  Charter 


22 


23 


436 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


Shows — 

Wearing  hats, 
den  


Section. 

Forbid- 
665 


Shooting — 

On  streets.  Regulations. 

Penalty  723 

See  also  discharging  fire 
arms. 


Sidewalks. 

Chapter  55. 

And  streets. 

See  also  houses  num- 
bered. 

Articles  tending  to  soil 
clothing  transporting 

over.  Penalty 684 

Bicycles  on  certain.  Pen- 
alty   758 

Cellar  doors.  Regula- 
tions . . . !, 561 

Cellar  doors,  left  open. 

Penalty  766 

Curb  lines  fixed  by  Sup- 
erintendent Public 

Works  572 

Curbing  assessments. 

Executions  576 

Foods  on.  Screened 503 

Fruit  parings,  garbage, 
litter  on.  Penalty....  679 
Gates  on.  Construction. 

Penalty  704 

Hauling  slops  over.  Pen- 
alty   685,  686 

Lunch  stands  forbidden  687 


Section. 

Sidewalks — (Con.) 

Motorcycles  on.  Forbid- 


den   756 

Obstructions  of  562 


Obstructing  with  goods, 
boxes  or  otherwise 

564,  565 

Paving  and  curbing  as- 


sessments. Execu- 
tions   576 

Paving  and  curbing. 
When  due.  Assess- 
ments. Executions...  579 
Paving.  Bids  and  con- 
tracts for 575 

Paving.  Duty  of  Super- 
intendent of  Pubilc 

Works  574 

Paving.  Work  done  by 

city  or  contract 574 

Police  shall  keep  open . . 567 


Police  to  keep  open.  Re- 
fusal to  obey  police 

orders.  Penalty 567 

Porches,  steps,  encroach- 
ments   562 

Power  of  city  to  pave. 
Owners  expense. 

Charter  24-26 

Railroad  crossings.  Duty 
Superintendent  Public 

Works  560 

Repairs.  Paving  and 
curbing.  Assessments  577 
Riding,  driving,  leading 
animals  on.  Penalty.. 

563-565 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


437 


Section. 

Sidewalks — (Con.) 

See  also  streets  and  side- 
walks. 

Signs  over.  Regula- 
tions. Penalty 708 

Spitting  or  throwing 

litter  on 683 

Width  of.  Regulations..  570 

Signals — 

Disease.  Moving.  Pen- 
alty   724 

Disease.  Refusing  to  al- 
low placed.  Penalty.  725 

Signs — 

Over  sidewalks.  Permits 
to  be  obtained.  Fail- 
ure. Penalty 708 

Over  sidewalks.  Regu- 
lations   708 

Warning  of  disease. 

Moving.  Penalty 724 

Warning  of  disease. 
Refusing  to  allow 


placed.  Penalty 725 

Sinks — 

Near  streets  or  line  lots. 
Penalty  729 

See  privies.  Surface 
closets. 

Certain  districts  forbid- 
den   734 

Skinning — 

Diseased  animals.  Pen- 
alty   669 


Section. 

Slaughter  House — 

Animals  to  be  slaughter- 
ed. Regulations. . .432-437 
Examinations  of  meats.  429 
Impure  meats  condemn- 
ed and  destroyed  434,  435 
Laws  not  applicable  to 
farmers.  When 425 


Owners.  Fees  of... 423,  424 
Regulations.  Penalty. . . 437 
Sanitary  regulations....  422 
Specifications  for 418 

Sleeping — 

On  streets  or  steps.  Pen- 
alty   653 

Sling  Shots — 

Penalty  for  using 652 

Smallpox — 

Duty  of  City  Physician 

as  to 113 

Power  of  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen as  to  regula- 
tions. Charter 42 


See  also  contagious  dis- 
eases. 

See  also  vaccination. 

To  be  reported  by  physi- 
cians or  others  to 
Health  Officer 395 

Soliciting  Votes — 

Ry  officers  and  em- 
ployees. Penalty....  220 

Southern  Bell  Telephone 
Company — 

Franchise  604-610 


438 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 


Speakings — 

Public.  Notice  to  be  given 
Mayor  799 

Special  Taxes — 

Amount  may  be  pro- 
rated. When 248 

See  licenses. 

Who  are  liable 239 

Who  are  liable.  List  of 

for  1913 240 

Automobiles  and  similar 
vehicles.  Penalty....  753 
Bicycles.  Regulations. 

Penalty  761 

Driving.  Near  market. 

Penalty  764 

Driving.  Regulations. 

Penalty  763 

Spitting — 


On  sidewalks.  Penalty. 

Or  throwing  litter,  or 
in  cars,  depots.  Public 
places  685 

Sprinkling  and  Sweep- 
ing- 

Appropriations  1913 257 

Stables — 

To  be  protected  from 

flies  505 

See  also  dairies. 

Stagnant  Water — 

Drainage  of  lots.  Duty 

Street  Committee 413 

Drained  from  lots.  Own- 
ers pay  for.  How  en- 
forced   413-416 


Section. 

Stagnant  Water — (Con.) 

On  premises.  Penalty.. 

730-734-414 

Street  Committee’s  pow- 
ers   415 

Standing  Committees 84 

Matters  referred  to  and 

reports  86 

Mayor  Ex-officio  mem- 
ber   88 

Number  and  changes 

in 85 

Special  powers.  Repairs  87 

Standing  Water — 

Penalty  730-734 

Stationery — 

i Appropriation  1913 257 

| Statistics — 

Births.  Deaths  reported 
by  physicians  and 
others  to  Registrar  of 

Vital  Statistics 197,  198 

See  Bureau  Vital  Statis- 


tics. 

See  Registrar  Vital  Sta- 
tistics. 

Subject  matters  for 197 

Stealing  Rides — 

Trains  or  street  cars. 
Penalty  794 

Steamboats — 

Regulations.  Charter..  23 

Stockade — 

See  city  stockade. 


GENERAL  INDEX 


439 


Section. 

Stock  in  Banks — 

See  bank  stock. 

Stocks — 

Sale  of  Railroad  by  city 

616-622 

Stock  Yards — 

Cattle.  Hogs.  For  sale 

to  be  put  in 417 

Cattle.  Hogs.  Fees. 
Regulations.  Penalty 

772-417 

Failure  to  put  animals 
in.  Penalty 417 

Storage- 

Explosive  oils.  Regula- 
tions. Penalty 742 

Fire  works  in  magazine. 

Rates  744 

Fire  works.  Unlawful. 

Penalty  744 

Liquors  for  illegal  sale. 
Penalty  654 

Stores — 

General  powers  of  city 

over.  Charter 23 

See  also  buildings. 

Street  Car  Conductors  and 
Motormen — 


Police  powers  of 619 

Police  powers  in  police 

district  638 

Passengers.  Refusing  as- 
signment of  seats.  Pen- 
alty   790 


Section. 

Street  Cars — 

Separate  seats  for  white 
and  colored.  Viola- 
tion. Penalty 789 

Stealing  rides  on.  Pen- 
alty   793 

Transfers.  Unlawful  use 
of.  Penalty 792 

Street  Committee — 

Directs  work  in  ceme- 
teries. When 596 

May  enforce  drainage  of 

lots  415 

See  also  Committee  on 
Streets. 

To  superintend  street 
and  sidewalk  improve- 


ments. Charter 30 

Street  Overseer — 

Chapter  13. 

General  and  special 

duties  138 

Office  created.  Subject 

to  discharge 136 

Salary  137 

Street  Railroads — 

See  also  Columbus  Rail- 
road Company. 


Crossings.  Pavings.  As- 
sessments. Railroads. 

Tracks  in  streets 611 

Tracks.  Regulations...  612 

Streets — 

Act  dedicating  street  to 
churches.  First  Bap- 
tist and  St.  Luke 581 


440 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Streets — (Con.) 

Act  vesting  title.  Elev- 
enth Street  (portion) 

in  city 580 

Animals  not  to  run  at 
large.  Penalty.  Char- 
ter   48 

Appropriations  for  1913.  257 
Ashes  and  refuse  matter 
in.  Regulations.  Pen- 
alty   681 

Ashes.  Rubbish  or  gar- 
bage in.  Regulations. 

Penalty  187 

Auction  sales  in.  Regula- 


tions.  Removal 

of 

goods.  Penalty.. 

.675, 

676 

Bicycles.  Reckless 

rid- 

ing.  Penalty. . . . 
Breaking  colts  on. 

Pen- 

761 

alty  

767 

Building  material.  Rub- 
bish on.  Regulations. 


Penalty  677 

Car  tracks.  Hydrants. 
Poles.  Removed  for 
street  work.  Power. 

Charter  34 

Changes  in  parks  and 
driveways  ratified. 

Charter  35 

Chickens  and  fowls  in 
certain  sections.  Pen- 
alty   737 

China,  mulberry,  syca- 
more trees.  Forbid- 
den. Penalty 692 


Section. 

Streets — (Con.) 

Discharging  fire  arms 
and  fire  works.  Regu- 
lations. Penalty 723 

Driving  on.  Rules.  Regu- 
lations. Penalty 693 

Drunkenness  on.  Pen- 


alty   640 

Excavations  in.  Penalty  765 
Fast  driving  near  mar- 
ket. Penalty 764 

Feeding  stock  in.  Reg- 
ulations   678 

Fire  Department  has 
right  of  way.  Penalty  694 
Flagman  to  be  placed 
at  crossing  Thirteenth  559 


Furniture  and  merchan- 


dise on.  Penalty 702 

Gas  and  water  pipes 

laid.  How 627 

General  powers  of  city 

over.  Charter 22 

Hitching  to  trees’  and 
lampposts.  Penalty..  698 
Lights.  Injuring.  Pen- 
alty   775 

Loitering.  Penalty 653 

Loose  stock  on.  Pen- 
alty   671-674 

Lunch  stands  forbidden. 

Penalty  687 

Names  and  numbers. 

City  Engineers.  Duties 

as  to  554 

Names  and  numbers. 
Rose  Hill  annex 556 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


441 


Section. 


Section. 


Streets — (Con.) 


Streets — (Con.) 


Names  changed 553-557 

Not  to  be  closed.  Char- 
ter   1 

Numbered  554 

Obstructing  with  boxes, 

etc.  Penalty 703 

Obstructions.  Danger 
signals  on.  Failure. 

Penalty  707 

Paved.  Hauling  heavy 

loads.  Penalty 680 

Paved.  Openings  in.  Reg- 
ulations   569 

Pavement.  Tearing  up 
or  injuring.  Penalty.  705 
Pavement.  Tearing  up 
for  laying  pipes.  Reg- 
ulations. Penalty....  706 
Paving  assessments. 

When  due 579 

Paving  assessments. 
Power  of  city.  Char- 
ter   26 

Peddling  produce  and 
provisions.  Regula- 
tions   453,  454 

Poles  in.  Out  of  repair. 

Penalty  689 

Poles  in.  To  be  mark- 
ed. Penalty 690 

Power  of  city  over  and 
obstructions  and  side- 
walks. Charter. . . .1-24-26 
Power  of  city  to  change 
and  alter  Charter. 31-34 


Power  of  city  over  side- 
walks. Charter 24-26 

Railroad  cars  standing 

on.  Penalty 695 

Reckless  driving  on. 

Penalty  763 

Riding  bicycle  on  with- 
out horn  or  bell  and 

lights.  Penalty 760 

See  also  streets  and  side- 
walks. 

See  also  railroads. 

Surface  closets  or  sinks 


near.  Penalty 729 

Telephone  and  other 
poles  to  be  painted. 

Penalty  689 

! Tax  235 

Trash  and  rubbish  on. 

Hours.  Penalty 689 

Tree  planting  in 571 

Vehicles.  Horses.  Live 
stock  for  sale  on.  Pen- 
alty   700 

Vehicles  left  in  at  night 
and  Sundays.  Penalty  701 
Work  on  in  lieu  of  street 
tax  235 

Street  Tax — 

See  taxes. 

Streets  and  Sewers — 


Committee.  Power  over 
plumbing.  Regula- 
tions   547 


(29) 


442 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


Section. 

Streets  and  Sidewalks — 
Assessments  for  repairs. 
City’s  powers.  Char- 
ter   37 

City  may  grade.  Char- 
ter   36 

Improvements.  Superin- 
tendent Public  Works. 

Duties.  Charter 30 

Lien  for  assessments. 

Date  of.  Charter.. 38,  39 
Lien  for  improvements 
and  repairs.  How  en- 
forced. Charter 40 

Numbering  houses. 
Chapter  51. 

Paving  assessments. 
Deeds  to  property  sold 


for.  Charter 29 

Paving  assessments 
equalized.  Limit.  Char- 
ter   27 

Paving  assessments. 
Lien.  Enforcement. 

Charter  28 

Superintendent  Public 
Works — 

Chapter  11. 


Approves  sewer  connec- 


tions. Penalty 568 

Duty  as  to  gas  and  water 

pipes  627 

Duty  as  to  laborers  in 
City’s  employ 125 


Duty  as  to  work  and  re- 
pairs in  cemetery 595 


Section. 


Supt.  Public  Works — (Con.) 
Duty  as  to  railroads. . . . 560 
Duty  as  to  paving,  etc. 

Charter  23-30 

Entire  time  required. . . 125 
General  duties  and  pow- 
ers   124 

General  duties  as  to  sew- 
ers   568 

May  be  discharged  or 
suspended  for  cause..  122 

Oath  of  121 

Office  created.  Term. 

Election  of 120 

Office  established.  Char- 
ter   13 

Reports  to  Council 126 

Salary  and  expense  of..  121 
Salary  suspended  on  dis- 
charge   123 

To  fix  grade  and  curb 
lines  for  pavements. 

When  572 

Under  direction  Council 
and  Street  Committee.  126 


Supervisor  of  Rock 
Quarry — 


Duties  and  powers 597 

To  report  accidents  to 
Superintendent  Public 
Works  597 

Sunday — 

Barber  shops  not  to 
open.  Penalty 798 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


443 


Section. 

Sunday — (Con.) 

Vehicles  left  in  streets. 

Penalty  701 

Saloons  not  to  open 254 

Surface  Closets — 

Forbidden  certain  dis- 
tricts. Regulations. 
Penalty  736 

T. 

Tampering — 

With  fire  apparatus,  hy- 
drants, etc.  Penalty.  776 
Tapping  Sewers — 

Expense  of.  Failure  to 


pay.  Penalty 710 

Without  permission.  Pen- 
alty   709 

Tax  Assessors — 

Appeals  from  assess- 
ments   223 

Elections.  Terms.  Com- 
pensation   222 

Marshal  Ex-officio  mem- 
ber   96 

Oath  of  223 


See  also  assessors. 

Tax  Digest — 

Made  up  and  returned 
by  Assessors.  When 


and  how  224 

Tax  Defaulters — 

See  taxes.  Defaulters. 
Taxes — 

Advalorem  1913 232 


Advalorem.  Rate  of. 
Limited.  Charter. ...  73 


Section. 


Taxes — (Con.) 

Assessed.  How 222 

Assessments.  Reduced. 

Petitions  for 228 

Bank  stock.  Rate  and 

return  of 234 

Books  closed.  Marshal’s 

duties  225 

Books  delivered  to  Treas- 
urer. When 236 

Books.  Marshal  delivers 
to  Council.  When...  236 
Books.  Open  and  close. 

When  224 

Collected  by  Treasurer.  92 
Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciations. Rate  and 

returns  234 

Commutation  for  streets  235 
Defaulters.  Executions 
against.  Charter. . . .22,  23 
Defaulters.  Failure  to 

return.  Penalty 233 

Defaulters.  List  fur- 
nished Council  by 

Marshal  225 

Defaulters.  List  kept  by 

Treasurer  225 

Defaulters.  Pay  interest  238 
Defaulters.  Treasurer  re- 
ports to  Clerk  and 

Council  92 

Discounts  on 238 

Drovers.  Power  to  levy. 

Charter  23 

Due  when  238 


444 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Taxes — (Con.) 

Executions.  Clerk  is- 
sues   226 

Executions.  Enforced. 

Charter  22 

Executions.  Levied  by 

Marshal  226 

Executions.  Transfer  of. 

Regulations.  Charter.  45 
Executions.  See  also 
tax  executions. 

Failure  to  make  returns. 

Penalty  233 

Funds.  How  expended.  237 
General  laws.  Chapter 
29. 

General  powers.  Street, 


occupation,  income 
and  other  taxes.  Char- 
ter   22 

Incomes.  Charter  pow- 
ers to  collect 22 

Interest  collected  on...  238 
Liens.  Priority.  Char- 
ter   45 

Notice  published  when 
due  by  Treasurer....  92 
Oath  to  returns.  Form 

of  227 

Occupation.  Power  to 

collect.  Charter 22 

Property  subject  to 232 

Receiver.  Marshal  is...  224 
Returns.  Oath  of  tax 

payer  227 

Returns.  Time  of  mak- 
ing   233 


Section. 

I Taxes — (Con.) 

Street  235 

See  also  public  schools. 

See  also  tax  assessors. 

Tax  Ordinance — 

1914.  Chapter  32.. 232-250 

. 

Tax  Receiver — 

See  Marshal,  also  taxes. 

Tax  Returns — 

See  taxes. 

Teasing — 

Idiots  and  insane  per- 
sons. Penalty 662 

Telephone — 

Improper  language  over. 
Penalty  663 

Telephone  Companies — 
Franchise.  Automatic 

Telephone  Company.  603 
Franchise.  Southern 

Bell  Telephone  Com- 
pany   604-610 

Tenements — 

See  buildings. 

Theatres — 

Construction  and  opera- 
tion of.  General  In- 
spector’s duties 386(a) 

Inspection  of.  Chief 
Fire  Department.  .385,  386 
Managers  of,  to  forbid 
wearing  hats  in.  Pen- 
alty   666 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


445 


Section. 

Theatres — (Con.) 

Regulations  as  to.  Pen- 
alty   386 

Wearing  hats  in.  Pen- 
alty   665 


Tracoma — 

See  contagious  diseases. 

Traffic  Laws — 

Regulations  693 

Trains — 

Boarding  or  getting  off 

moving.  Penalty '664 

Blocking  crossings.  Pen- 
alty   694 

Tramps — 

On  streets.  Penalty . .653- 660 


Transfers — 

Street  car.  Unlawful  use 
of.  Penalty 791 

Treasurer — 

Chapter  6. 

Duties.  General 92 

Furnishes  defaulters  list 

to  Clerk  92 

Hospital  funds.  Re- 
ceives   95 

Pays  demands  against 

city  93 

Records  kept  and  depos- 
ited by 93 

Reports  defaulters  to 

Council.  When 92 

Registration  of  city 


bonds.  Duty  as  to.  .230(a) 
Reports  account  monthly  93 


Section. 


Treasurer — (Con.) 

Payments  by  237 

Public  schools.  Treas- 
urer of  Board 94 

Public  school  fund.  Re- 
ceives. How 49 


Trees — 

Hitching  to.  Penalty. . 696 

Injuring.  Penalty 775 

Planting  in  cemeteries. 


Regulations  798 

Planting  in  streets.  Reg- 
ulations   571 

Planting  mulberry  and 
china  forbidden  690 

Trespass — 

Commons.  Injuring  trees, 

etc  780 

Parks.  Injury  to  trees 
and  shrubbery.  Pen- 
alty   709 


Trestles — 

Crossing.  Penalty . .751.  752 

Truck  Farmers — 

May  sell  dealers.  With- 
out license 464 

Selling  products  at 
wholesale  457 

Tuberculosis — 

Reports  by  physicians 
and  others  to  Health 

Officer  395 

See  also  contagious  dis- 
eases. 


446 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


V.  Section. 

Vacancies — 

Board  of  School  Trus- 
tees. How  filled  ..599-602 


Mayor  and  Council  fill 
offices.  When.  Char- 
ter   13 

Vagrancy — 

Penalty  653 

Vaccination — 

Duty  of  Health  Officers. 

Free.  Charter 42 

General  powers  of  city 

as  to.  Charter 42 

Persons  failing  or  refus- 
ing to  submit.  Penalty. 

Charter  42 

Physicians  failing  to  re- 
port those  refusing. 
Penalty.  Charter 42 

Vegetables — 

Peddlers.  License 455 


Peddling  on  streets.  Reg- 
ulations   453,  454 

Power  of  city  over  sales. 

Charter  47 

Selling  tainted.  Penalty  740 

Stands  on  Broad  Street. 
Forbidden.  Except. 
When  688 

Vehicles — 

On  bridges.  Speed  regu- 
lations. Penalty.  .745-693 
On  streets.  For  sale. 

Penalty  700 

On  streets.  Rules  gov- 
erning. Penalty 693 


Section. 


Vehicles — (Con.) 

Parks.  Reckless  driving. 

Penalty  714 

Parks.  Regulations....  712 
Standing  on  streets. 
Nights  or  Sundays. 
Penalty  701 


Verandas — 

Over  sidewalks.  Regu- 
lations. Specifications 

364-367 


Veto — 

Power  of  Mayor.  How 
overridden.  Charter.  19 

Voters — 

Absent.  May  register. 

When.  Charter 16 

Bond  elections.  Registra- 
tion. Charter 16 

Challenged.  Duty  of 

managers  212 

Entitled  to  register. 

Who  are.  Charter...  16 
Illegal  voting.  Penalty. 

Charter  17 

List.  Clerk  furnishes  to 

managers  221 

List.  Furnished  Mayor 

and  Council  221 

List.  General  elections.  213 
List.  To  be  published. 

Charter  16 212 

List.  To  be  returned  to 

Clerk.  How 216 

List.  Purged.  How...  221 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


447 


Section. 

Voters — (Con.) 

List.  Registered.  Clerk 


to  keep.  Charter 16 

Oath  to  register 221 

Oath.  When  challenged. 

Charter  17 212 

Registrations.  When  and 

how  221 

Registration.  City  may 

require.  Charter 10 

Registration  of.  Illegally. 

Penalty  221 

Registrars.  Appointed  by 

Council  221 

Registrars.  Duties 221 

Qualifications.  City 


elections.  ^Charter.  .10,  11 
Votes — 

Counted  by  managers. 

How  214 

Officers.  Forbidden  to 
solicit.  Penalty 220 

Voting  Places — 

Opened  and  closed. 


When.  Charter 18 

Separate  for  whites  and 
negroes.  Charter. ...  18 

Vulgar  Language — 

Using.  Penalty 646 

Over  telephone.  Penalty  663 


W. 

Wagons — 

See  delivery  wagons. 
Drays. 


Section. 


Wagons — (Con.) 

Power  of  city  over  and 
other  vehicles.  Char- 
ter   23 

Wagon  Yards — 

Vehicles  and  teams  to  be 
kept  in.  Penalty 783 


Walking — 

Streets  with  woman  of 
ill  fame,  or  riding. 


Penalty  649 

Wards — 

City.  Changed.  How. 

Charter  8 

City.  Defined.  Boun- 
daries. Charter 8 

City.  Established.  New 
may  be.  Charter 8 


Warning  Flags — 

Moving  disease.  Penalty  724 

Warrants — 

See  also  arrests. 
Commitment  on.  Re- 
corder’s Court.  Char- 
ter   46 

Failure  policemen  to 
make  affidavits  to  ob- 
tain. Penalty.  Char- 
ter   46 

Form  of  and  affidavit. 

Charter  46 

Mayor  or  Aldermen  may 

issue.  Charter 46 

Policemen  to  obtain 46 


448 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Section. 

Watchman — 

See  bridge  keeper. 

Water — 

City  may  contract  for 

supply.  Charter 69 

City  may  supply.  Con- 
tract for  power.  Char- 


ter   64 

City’s  powers  over  sup- 
ply. Charter 22 


Polluting  pr  diverting. 

Penalty.  Charter. ...  68 

Itates.  Power  of  Water 
Commissioners.  Char- 
ter   64 

Rent.  Appropriation, 

1913  257 

Stagnant.  On  premises. 

Penalty  730-734 

See  also  stagnant  water. 
Drainage. 

Water  Closets — 

Inspection  of.  Regula- 


tions. Penalty 735 

Kept  in  sanitary  condi- 
tion. Toilet  paper  to 
be  kept  in.  Repairs  of. 
Penalty  735 


Plumbing  regulations... 

623,  624 

Water  Commissioners — 

Charter  59 

See  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners. 


Section. 

Water  Companies — 

Chapter  68. 

Water  Pipes — 

Laid.  Approval  Super- 
intendent Public 

Works  627 

Laid.  How.  In  streets.  627 
Meters.  Regulations...  627 
Openings  in  paved 
streets.  Regulations.  569 

Waterworks — 

Bonds  for  construction 
of.  Powers.  Charter.  58 
City  may  construct. 

Charter  52-69 

City  may  own  and  ope- 
rate. Charter 52-69 

Construction.  Power  of 
eminent  domain.  Char- 
ter   52-69 

Hitching  horses  to  hy- 
drants. Penalty 773 

Weights  and  Measures — 

False  at  market.  Pen- 
alty   451 

Wells  and  Cisterns — 

Chapter  43. 

Filled  at  owners  ex- 


pense   412 

Maintaining  on  prem- 
ises. Penalty 412 


Open.  Nuisance 412 


GENERAL  INDEX, 


449 


Section. 

Wharf- 

Appropriation  for  1913. . 257 
Drays  at.  Regulations. 

Penalty  182 

Hackman  not  to  solicit  at. 

Penalty  250 

Power  of  city  as  to,  and 

wharfage 23 

See  also  Port  Wardens. 
Woman — 

111  fame.  Walking  or 
riding  with.  Penalty.  649 


Y.  Section. 

Yards — 

Accumulation  of  com- 
bustible matter.  Pen- 
alty. Regulations 683 

Accumulation  of  com- 
bustible matter.  Duty 
of  Chief  Fire  Depart- 
ment and  Police.  Pen- 
alty   741 

Stagnant  water.  Filth  or 
garbage  in.  Penaltv..  741 


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